diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 583a5923ce..f5e0d11281 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -665,17 +665,6 @@ function start_nova_compute {
     fi
 
     if [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'libvirt' ]]; then
-        # Enable client side traces for libvirt
-        local log_filters="1:libvirt 1:qemu 1:conf 1:security 3:event 3:json 3:file 1:util"
-        local log_outputs="1:file:/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log"
-        # Enable server side traces for libvirtd
-        if ! grep -q "log_filters=\"$log_filters\"" /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf; then
-            echo "log_filters=\"$log_filters\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
-        fi
-        if ! grep -q "log_outputs=\"$log_outputs\"" /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf; then
-            echo "log_outputs=\"$log_outputs\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
-        fi
-
         # The group **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** is added to the current user in this script.
         # Use 'sg' to execute nova-compute as a member of the **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** group.
         screen_it n-cpu "cd $NOVA_DIR && sg $LIBVIRT_GROUP '$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf'"
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
index bbf65546f7..26880e5850 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ EOF
     fi
     add_user_to_group $STACK_USER $LIBVIRT_GROUP
 
+    # Enable server side traces for libvirtd
+    local log_filters="1:libvirt 1:qemu 1:conf 1:security 3:event 3:json 3:file 1:util"
+    local log_outputs="1:file:/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log"
+    if ! grep -q "log_filters=\"$log_filters\"" /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf; then
+        echo "log_filters=\"$log_filters\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+    fi
+    if ! grep -q "log_outputs=\"$log_outputs\"" /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf; then
+        echo "log_outputs=\"$log_outputs\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+    fi
+
     # libvirt detects various settings on startup, as we potentially changed
     # the system configuration (modules, filesystems), we need to restart
     # libvirt to detect those changes.