diff --git a/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_heavy.py b/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_heavy.py
index 1c3d87f1..852cbd81 100644
--- a/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_heavy.py
+++ b/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_heavy.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from ovn_context import Context
 from cms.ovn_kubernetes import Namespace
 from ovn_ext_cmd import ExtCmd
+from ovn_utils import distribute_n_tasks_per_clusters
 import ovn_load_balancer as lb
 import ovn_exceptions
 import netaddr
@@ -72,13 +73,20 @@ def run(self, clusters, global_cfg):
             return
 
         ns = Namespace(clusters, 'ns_density_heavy', global_cfg)
+        n_startup_per_cluster = distribute_n_tasks_per_clusters(
+            self.config.n_startup, len(clusters)
+        )
+
         with Context(
             clusters, 'density_heavy_startup', brief_report=True
         ) as ctx:
-            for i in range(
-                0, self.config.n_startup, self.config.pods_vip_ratio
-            ):
-                self.run_iteration(clusters, ns, i, global_cfg, passive=True)
+            for i in range(len(clusters)):
+                for j in range(
+                    0, n_startup_per_cluster[i], self.config.pods_vip_ratio
+                ):
+                    self.run_iteration(
+                        clusters, ns, j, global_cfg, passive=True
+                    )
 
         with Context(
             clusters,
diff --git a/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_light.py b/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_light.py
index a0bf135d..3327f016 100644
--- a/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_light.py
+++ b/ovn-tester/cms/ovn_kubernetes/tests/density_light.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from ovn_context import Context
 from cms.ovn_kubernetes import Namespace
 from ovn_ext_cmd import ExtCmd
+from ovn_utils import distribute_n_tasks_per_clusters
 
 
 DensityCfg = namedtuple(
@@ -21,12 +22,16 @@ def __init__(self, config, clusters, global_cfg):
 
     def run(self, clusters, global_cfg):
         ns = Namespace(clusters, 'ns_density_light', global_cfg)
+        n_startup_per_cluster = distribute_n_tasks_per_clusters(
+            self.config.n_startup, len(clusters)
+        )
+
         with Context(
             clusters, 'density_light_startup', len(clusters), brief_report=True
         ) as ctx:
             for i in ctx:
                 ports = clusters[i].provision_ports(
-                    self.config.n_startup, passive=True
+                    n_startup_per_cluster[i], passive=True
                 )
                 ns.add_ports(ports, i)
 
diff --git a/ovn-tester/ovn_utils.py b/ovn-tester/ovn_utils.py
index c79c0a11..49293c94 100644
--- a/ovn-tester/ovn_utils.py
+++ b/ovn-tester/ovn_utils.py
@@ -912,3 +912,8 @@ def uuid_transaction(self, func):
     def ts_add(self):
         log.info('Creating transit switch')
         self.uuid_transaction(partial(self.idl.ts_add, 'ts'))
+
+
+def distribute_n_tasks_per_clusters(n_tasks, n_clusters):
+    div, rest = divmod(n_tasks, n_clusters)
+    return [div + 1 if i < rest else div for i in range(n_clusters)]