diff --git a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/agent.py b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/agent.py
index 70d0a71e5f5..ca89afb6041 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/agent.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/ovn/metadata/agent.py
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ class PortBindingChassisCreatedEvent(PortBindingChassisEvent):
     LOG_MSG = "Port %s in datapath %s bound to our chassis"
 
     def __init__(self, metadata_agent):
-        events = (self.ROW_UPDATE,)
+        events = (self.ROW_CREATE, self.ROW_UPDATE,)
         super(PortBindingChassisCreatedEvent, self).__init__(
             metadata_agent, events)
 
     def match_fn(self, event, row, old):
         try:
             return (row.chassis[0].name == self.agent.chassis and
-                    not old.chassis)
+                    (event == self.ROW_CREATE or not old.chassis))
         except (IndexError, AttributeError):
             return False
 
@@ -297,8 +297,9 @@ def start(self):
             self.conf, self.chassis, sb_idl=self.sb_idl)
         self._proxy.run()
 
-        # Do the initial sync.
-        self.sync()
+        # Do the initial sync. Provisioning handled by
+        # PortBindingChassisCreatedEvent on initial db dump
+        self.sync(provision=False)
 
         # Register the agent with its corresponding Chassis
         self.register_metadata_agent()
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ def get_networks_port_bindings(self):
         return list(self._vif_ports(ports))
 
     @_sync_lock
-    def sync(self):
+    def sync(self, provision=True):
         """Agent sync.
 
         This function will make sure that all networks with ports in our
@@ -379,8 +380,9 @@ def sync(self):
         # resync all network namespaces based on the associated datapaths,
         # even those that are already running. This is to make sure
         # everything within each namespace is up to date.
-        for port_binding in net_port_bindings:
-            self.provision_datapath(port_binding)
+        if provision:
+            for port_binding in net_port_bindings:
+                self.provision_datapath(port_binding)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_veth_name(datapath):
diff --git a/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml b/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml
index 8bbdd8a3ef6..759835d292f 100644
--- a/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 - project-template:
     name: neutron-periodic-jobs
-    periodic:
+    periodic-weekly:
       jobs:
         - neutron-functional
         - neutron-functional-with-uwsgi-fips