diff --git a/hooks/neutron_api_context.py b/hooks/neutron_api_context.py
index 68d84921..3efaf01e 100644
--- a/hooks/neutron_api_context.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_api_context.py
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ from charmhelpers.contrib.hahelpers.cluster import (
     determine_apache_port,
 )
 
+
 def get_l2population():
     plugin = config('neutron-plugin')
     return config('l2-population') if plugin == "ovs" else False
 
+
 class ApacheSSLContext(context.ApacheSSLContext):
 
     interfaces = ['https']
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_context.py b/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_context.py
index e81ac10f..6cb970f4 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_context.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_context.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class NeutronAPIContextsTest(CharmTestCase):
             'external_network': 'bob',
             'neutron_bind_port': self.api_port,
             'verbose': True,
+            'l2_population': True,
         }
         with patch.object(napi_ctxt, '_ensure_packages'):
             self.assertEquals(ctxt_data, napi_ctxt())
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py b/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py
index 04d73901..6bda03c7 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ TO_PATCH = [
     'determine_ports',
     'do_openstack_upgrade',
     'execd_preinstall',
+    'get_iface_for_address',
+    'get_l2population',
+    'get_netmask_for_address',
     'is_leader',
     'is_relation_made',
     'log',
@@ -40,8 +43,6 @@ TO_PATCH = [
     'relation_ids',
     'relation_set',
     'unit_get',
-    'get_iface_for_address',
-    'get_netmask_for_address',
 ]
 NEUTRON_CONF_DIR = "/etc/neutron"
 
@@ -256,10 +257,12 @@ class NeutronAPIHooksTests(CharmTestCase):
         self._call_hook('neutron-api-relation-changed')
         self.assertTrue(self.CONFIGS.write.called_with(NEUTRON_CONF))
 
-    def test_neutron_plugin_api_relation_joined(self):
+    def test_neutron_plugin_api_relation_joined_nol2(self):
         _relation_data = {
             'neutron-security-groups': False,
+            'l2-population': False,
         }
+        self.get_l2population.return_value = False
         self._call_hook('neutron-plugin-api-relation-joined')
         self.relation_set.assert_called_with(
             relation_id=None,