diff --git a/manifests/quota.pp b/manifests/quota.pp
index 6624fbb9c..c5ccfb355 100644
--- a/manifests/quota.pp
+++ b/manifests/quota.pp
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 #   (optional) Number of servers per server group
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
+# [*recheck_quota*]
+#   (optional) Recheck quota after resource creation to prevent allowing
+#   quota to be exceeded.
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
 # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
 #
 # [*reservation_expire*]
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ class nova::quota(
   $key_pairs                         = $::os_service_default,
   $server_groups                     = $::os_service_default,
   $server_group_members              = $::os_service_default,
+  $recheck_quota                     = $::os_service_default,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
   $reservation_expire                = undef,
   $until_refresh                     = undef,
@@ -128,6 +134,7 @@ class nova::quota(
     'quota/key_pairs':                   value => $key_pairs;
     'quota/server_groups':               value => $server_groups;
     'quota/server_group_members':        value => $server_group_members;
+    'quota/recheck_quota':               value => $recheck_quota;
   }
 
   nova_config {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/recheck_quota-5fed41afe991bd75.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/recheck_quota-5fed41afe991bd75.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cd5bb000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/recheck_quota-5fed41afe991bd75.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The new ``nova::quota::recheck_quota`` parameter has been added.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_quota_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_quota_spec.rb
index 164ffd7c0..f73cac61e 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_quota_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_quota_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe 'nova::quota' do
       :key_pairs                   => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
       :server_groups               => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
       :server_group_members        => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
+      :recheck_quota               => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
     }
   end
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ describe 'nova::quota' do
           :key_pairs                   => 200,
           :server_groups               => 20,
           :server_group_members        => 20,
+          :recheck_quota               => true,
         })
       end