diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack_tasks/manifests/openstack_network/server_config.pp b/deployment/puppet/openstack_tasks/manifests/openstack_network/server_config.pp
index 584b76ea0b..414eedf832 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack_tasks/manifests/openstack_network/server_config.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack_tasks/manifests/openstack_network/server_config.pp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class openstack_tasks::openstack_network::server_config {
     $nova_url                = "${nova_internal_protocol}://${nova_internal_endpoint}:8774/v2"
 
     $workers_max             = hiera('workers_max', 16)
-    $service_workers         = pick($neutron_config['workers'], min(max($::processorcount, 2), $workers_max))
+    $service_workers         = pick($neutron_config['workers'], min(max($::processorcount, 1), $workers_max))
 
     $neutron_advanced_config = hiera_hash('neutron_advanced_configuration', { })
     $l2_population           = try_get_value($neutron_advanced_config, 'neutron_l2_pop', false)
diff --git a/tests/noop/spec/hosts/openstack-network/server-config_spec.rb b/tests/noop/spec/hosts/openstack-network/server-config_spec.rb
index e0cce62994..7bc7f769a7 100644
--- a/tests/noop/spec/hosts/openstack-network/server-config_spec.rb
+++ b/tests/noop/spec/hosts/openstack-network/server-config_spec.rb
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ describe manifest do
         end
 
         it 'worker count' do
-          fallback_workers = [[facts[:processorcount].to_i, 2].max, workers_max.to_i].min
+          fallback_workers = [[facts[:processorcount].to_i, 1].max, workers_max.to_i].min
           workers = neutron_config.fetch('workers', fallback_workers)
           should contain_class('neutron::server').with(
             'api_workers' => workers,