diff --git a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/04-persistent-data-volume.sh b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/04-persistent-data-volume.sh
index 6e2c55553a3..61a852310c3 100644
--- a/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/04-persistent-data-volume.sh
+++ b/pkg/cidata/cidata.TEMPLATE.d/boot/04-persistent-data-volume.sh
@@ -90,4 +90,6 @@ if [ "$(awk '$2 == "/" {print $3}' /proc/mounts)" == "tmpfs" ]; then
 	done
 	# Make sure to re-mount any mount points under /tmp
 	mount -a
+	# Reinstall packages from /mnt/data/apk/cache into the RAM disk
+	apk fix --no-network
 fi