diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 2afaa81c19..1879f1df1a 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ FLAT_INTERFACE=${FLAT_INTERFACE:-$GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
 # ``MULTI_HOST`` is a mode where each compute node runs its own network node.  This
 # allows network operations and routing for a VM to occur on the server that is
 # running the VM - removing a SPOF and bandwidth bottleneck.
-MULTI_HOST=$(trueorfalse False MULTI_HOST)
+MULTI_HOST=$(trueorfalse True MULTI_HOST)
 
 # ``NOVA_ALLOW_MOVE_TO_SAME_HOST`` can be set to False in multi node DevStack,
 # where there are at least two nova-computes.