diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/nri/plugin.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/nri/plugin.go
index 43cf01b01..548f34e0f 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/nri/plugin.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/nri/plugin.go
@@ -113,13 +113,16 @@ func containerName(pod *api.PodSandbox, container *api.Container) string {
 	return container.Name
 }
 
-// Start starts the NRI plugin
+// Start initializes the NRI plugin stub and starts the NRI plugin server
 func (p *Plugin) Start(ctx context.Context, nriSocketPath, nriPluginIdx string) error {
 	pluginOpts := []stub.Option{
 		stub.WithPluginIdx(nriPluginIdx),
 		stub.WithLogger(toNriLogger{p.logger}),
 		stub.WithOnClose(func() {
-			p.logger.Infof("NRI ttrpc connection to %s is down. NRI plugin stopped.", nriSocketPath)
+			p.logger.Infof("NRI ttrpc connection to %s is down. NRI plugin stopped. Attempting to reconnect...", nriSocketPath)
+			if err := p.start(ctx); err != nil {
+				p.logger.Errorf("failed to restart NRI plugin: %v", err)
+			}
 		}),
 	}
 	if len(nriSocketPath) > 0 {
@@ -134,13 +137,25 @@ func (p *Plugin) Start(ctx context.Context, nriSocketPath, nriPluginIdx string)
 	if p.stub, err = stub.New(p, pluginOpts...); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialise plugin at %s: %w", nriSocketPath, err)
 	}
-	err = p.stub.Start(ctx)
+	err = p.start(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("plugin exited with error: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// start starts the NRI plugin server
+func (p *Plugin) start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if p != nil {
+		if p.stub == nil {
+			p.logger.Infof("NRI plugin not initialized. Skipping plugin start")
+		} else {
+			return p.stub.Start(ctx)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Stop stops the NRI plugin
 func (p *Plugin) Stop() {
 	if p == nil || p.stub == nil {