diff --git a/meta-openeuler/conf/distro/openeuler.conf b/meta-openeuler/conf/distro/openeuler.conf
index afcd0c812e68d45f09eb5a84f922e1ee668b0be7..541bd42255b2019db0bba7b3420eed8672730f5a 100644
--- a/meta-openeuler/conf/distro/openeuler.conf
+++ b/meta-openeuler/conf/distro/openeuler.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ TARGET_VENDOR = "-openeuler"
 
 ## runtime/rootfs related configurations
 # define default init and device manager
+# INIT_MANAGER set VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager when expanding, while there is an
+# expanding time gap between some packagegroups expansion and VIRUTLA-RUNTIME_dev_manager expansion.
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager ?= "busybox-mdev"
 INIT_MANAGER ?= "mdev-busybox"
 # pam package is used for authentication
 OPENEULER_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES = "pam"