diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api.pp b/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api.pp
index 8ce4ea6fd..d169882f3 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api.pp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 # [*threads*]
 #   (Optional) Number of threads.
-#   Defaults to 32.
+#   Defaults to 1.
 #
 # [*listen_queue_size*]
 #   (Optional) Socket listen queue size.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 class nova::wsgi::uwsgi_api (
   $processes         = $::os_workers,
-  $threads           = 32,
+  $threads           = 1,
   $listen_queue_size = 100,
 ){
 
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class nova::wsgi::uwsgi_api (
     warning('This class is only valid for Debian, as other operating systems are not using uwsgi by default.')
   }
 
+  if $threads != 1 {
+    warning('The nova API currently does not support anything else than threads=1.')
+  }
+
   nova_api_uwsgi_config {
     'uwsgi/processes': value => $processes;
     'uwsgi/threads':   value => $threads;
diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api_metadata.pp b/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api_metadata.pp
index 0d4e3b0b3..fbd8d38cb 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api_metadata.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/uwsgi_api_metadata.pp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 class nova::wsgi::uwsgi_api_metadata (
   $processes         = $::os_workers,
-  $threads           = 32,
+  $threads           = 1,
   $listen_queue_size = 100,
 ){
 
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class nova::wsgi::uwsgi_api_metadata (
     warning('This class is only valid for Debian, as other operating systems are not using uwsgi by default.')
   }
 
+  if $threads != 1 {
+    warning('The nova API currently does not support anything else than threads=1.')
+  }
+
   nova_api_metadata_uwsgi_config {
     'uwsgi/processes': value => $processes;
     'uwsgi/threads':   value => $threads;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/uwsgi-a9f90e3a5148a7f7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/uwsgi-a9f90e3a5148a7f7.yaml
index 591524c2c..d1c8a4786 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/uwsgi-a9f90e3a5148a7f7.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/uwsgi-a9f90e3a5148a7f7.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ features:
     Two new calsses nova::wsgi::wsgi_api and nova::wsgi::wsgi_api_metadata
     exist to allow configuring uwsgi in operating systems that support this
     (ie: currently Debian). This helps configuring the number of processes,
-    threads and listen socket. Also, two new nova_api_uwsgi_config and
-    nova_api_metadata_uwsgi_config provider now exist.
+    threads, and listen socket. Please note that currently, nova does not
+    support anything else than threads=1. Also, two new nova_api_uwsgi_config
+    and nova_api_metadata_uwsgi_config provider now exist.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_metadata_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_metadata_spec.rb
index 197ba2eb9..a4da7acd2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_metadata_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::uwsgi_api_metadata' do
 
       it {
         is_expected.to contain_nova_api_metadata_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/processes').with_value(facts[:os_workers])
-        is_expected.to contain_nova_api_metadata_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/threads').with_value('32')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_api_metadata_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/threads').with_value('1')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_api_metadata_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/listen').with_value('100')
       }
     end
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_spec.rb
index 72a68dadb..4f1e618bc 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_uwsgi_api_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::uwsgi_api' do
 
       it {
         is_expected.to contain_nova_api_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/processes').with_value(facts[:os_workers])
-        is_expected.to contain_nova_api_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/threads').with_value('32')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_api_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/threads').with_value('1')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_api_uwsgi_config('uwsgi/listen').with_value('100')
       }
     end