diff --git a/manifests/agent/notification.pp b/manifests/agent/notification.pp
index ed2e478e..828674ad 100644
--- a/manifests/agent/notification.pp
+++ b/manifests/agent/notification.pp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class ceilometer::agent::notification (
   ceilometer_config {
     'notification/ack_on_event_error'       : value => $ack_on_event_error;
     'notification/disable_non_metric_meters': value => $disable_non_metric_meters;
-    'notification/workers'                  : value => $workers;
+    'notification/workers'                  : value => $workers_real;
     'notification/messaging_urls'           : value => $messaging_urls, secret => true;
   }
 }