diff --git a/playbooks/devstack/grenade/run.yaml b/playbooks/devstack/grenade/run.yaml
index ec2ee28b80..692889ef11 100644
--- a/playbooks/devstack/grenade/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/devstack/grenade/run.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
           [[local|localrc]]
           enable_plugin heat https://opendev.org/openstack/heat
           TEMPEST_PLUGINS+=' ../heat-tempest-plugin'
+          NOVA_ALLOW_MOVE_TO_SAME_HOST=True
           EOF
         executable: /bin/bash
         chdir: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace'