diff --git a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
index 05f60bae5f..bc6816c7e6 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ controller node.
         PROVIDER_SUBNET_NAME="provider_net"
         PROVIDER_NETWORK_TYPE="vlan"
         SEGMENTATION_ID=2010
+        USE_SUBNETPOOL=False
 
 In this configuration we are defining FIXED_RANGE to be a
 publicly routed IPv4 subnet. In this specific instance we are using
@@ -577,6 +578,7 @@ you do not require them.
     PROVIDER_SUBNET_NAME="provider_net"
     PROVIDER_NETWORK_TYPE="vlan"
     SEGMENTATION_ID=2010
+    USE_SUBNETPOOL=False
 
     [[post-config|/$Q_PLUGIN_CONF_FILE]]
     [macvtap]
diff --git a/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3 b/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
index 6de70e2e19..bc03802225 100644
--- a/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
+++ b/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ PRIVATE_SUBNET_NAME=${PRIVATE_SUBNET_NAME:-"private-subnet"}
 PUBLIC_SUBNET_NAME=${PUBLIC_SUBNET_NAME:-"public-subnet"}
 
 # Subnetpool defaults
+USE_SUBNETPOOL=${USE_SUBNETPOOL:-True}
 SUBNETPOOL_NAME=${SUBNETPOOL_NAME:-"shared-default-subnetpool"}
 
 SUBNETPOOL_PREFIX_V4=${SUBNETPOOL_PREFIX_V4:-10.0.0.0/8}
@@ -171,11 +172,13 @@ function create_neutron_initial_network {
     fi
 
     if is_networking_extension_supported "auto-allocated-topology"; then
-        if [[ "$IP_VERSION" =~ 4.* ]]; then
-            SUBNETPOOL_V4_ID=$(neutron --os-cloud devstack-admin --os-region "$REGION_NAME" subnetpool-create $SUBNETPOOL_NAME --default-prefixlen $SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V4 --pool-prefix $SUBNETPOOL_PREFIX_V4 --shared --is-default=True | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
-        fi
-        if [[ "$IP_VERSION" =~ .*6 ]]; then
-            SUBNETPOOL_V6_ID=$(neutron --os-cloud devstack-admin --os-region "$REGION_NAME" subnetpool-create $SUBNETPOOL_NAME --default-prefixlen $SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V6 --pool-prefix $SUBNETPOOL_PREFIX_V6 --shared --is-default=True | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
+        if [[ "$USE_SUBNETPOOL" == "True" ]]; then
+            if [[ "$IP_VERSION" =~ 4.* ]]; then
+                SUBNETPOOL_V4_ID=$(neutron --os-cloud devstack-admin --os-region "$REGION_NAME" subnetpool-create $SUBNETPOOL_NAME --default-prefixlen $SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V4 --pool-prefix $SUBNETPOOL_PREFIX_V4 --shared --is-default=True | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
+            fi
+            if [[ "$IP_VERSION" =~ .*6 ]]; then
+                SUBNETPOOL_V6_ID=$(neutron --os-cloud devstack-admin --os-region "$REGION_NAME" subnetpool-create $SUBNETPOOL_NAME --default-prefixlen $SUBNETPOOL_SIZE_V6 --pool-prefix $SUBNETPOOL_PREFIX_V6 --shared --is-default=True | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
+            fi
         fi
     fi