@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ if [[ "$ENABLED_SERVICES" =~ "n-cpu" ]]; then

     # qcow images) and kvm (hardware based virtualization).  If unable to 

     # load kvm, set the libvirt type to qemu.

     sudo modprobe nbd || true

-    if ! sudo modprobe kvm; then

+    if ! -e /dev/kvm; then

         LIBVIRT_TYPE=qemu

     fi

     # User needs to be member of libvirtd group for nova-compute to use libvirt.