diff --git a/src/sonic-host-services/scripts/hostcfgd b/src/sonic-host-services/scripts/hostcfgd
index 95c8e122140..b178f265142 100755
--- a/src/sonic-host-services/scripts/hostcfgd
+++ b/src/sonic-host-services/scripts/hostcfgd
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ class FeatureHandler(object):
             disable = feature.state in ("always_disabled", "disabled")
         elif cached_feature.state in ("always_enabled", "always_disabled"):
             disable = feature.state == "always_disabled"
+            enable = feature.state == "always_enabled"
         elif cached_feature.state in ("enabled", "disabled"):
             enable = feature.state == "enabled"
             disable = feature.state == "disabled"
diff --git a/src/sonic-host-services/tests/hostcfgd/test_vectors.py b/src/sonic-host-services/tests/hostcfgd/test_vectors.py
index f70e4a11c45..aaba66b64e4 100644
--- a/src/sonic-host-services/tests/hostcfgd/test_vectors.py
+++ b/src/sonic-host-services/tests/hostcfgd/test_vectors.py
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@
                         "state": "enabled",
                         "status": "enabled"
                     },
+                    "sflow": {
+                        "auto_restart": "enabled",
+                        "has_global_scope": "True",
+                        "has_per_asic_scope": "False",
+                        "has_timer": "False",
+                        "high_mem_alert": "disabled",
+                        "set_owner": "local",
+                        "state": "always_enabled"
+                    },
                 },
             },
             "expected_config_db": {
@@ -178,6 +187,15 @@
                         "state": "enabled",
                         "status": "enabled"
                     },
+                    "sflow": {
+                        "auto_restart": "enabled",
+                        "has_global_scope": "True",
+                        "has_per_asic_scope": "False",
+                        "has_timer": "False",
+                        "high_mem_alert": "disabled",
+                        "set_owner": "local",
+                        "state": "always_enabled"
+                    },
                 },
             },
             "expected_subprocess_calls": [
@@ -188,6 +206,9 @@
                 call("sudo systemctl unmask telemetry.timer", shell=True),
                 call("sudo systemctl enable telemetry.timer", shell=True),
                 call("sudo systemctl start telemetry.timer", shell=True),
+                call("sudo systemctl unmask sflow.service", shell=True),
+                call("sudo systemctl enable sflow.service", shell=True),
+                call("sudo systemctl start sflow.service", shell=True),
             ],
             "popen_attributes": {
                 'communicate.return_value': ('output', 'error')