diff --git a/cookbooks/fb_networkd/resources/default.rb b/cookbooks/fb_networkd/resources/default.rb
index b9c74e65..b09dc335 100644
--- a/cookbooks/fb_networkd/resources/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/fb_networkd/resources/default.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def validate_network_addresses(conf)
       notifies :run, "execute[networkctl reconfigure #{conf['name']}]"
     end
 
-    if node.in_shard?(24)
+    if node.in_shard?(49)
       # Create dropin directory for network config file.
       dropin_dir = conffile + '.d'
       directory dropin_dir do