diff --git a/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py b/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py
index 499d8d878707..f7b30679025b 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ def proxy(host, port):
         listen_host=host,
         listen_port=port,
         source_is_ipv6=CONF.source_is_ipv6,
-        verbose=CONF.verbose,
         cert=CONF.cert,
         key=CONF.key,
         ssl_only=CONF.ssl_only,
         daemon=CONF.daemon,
         record=CONF.record,
-        traffic=CONF.verbose and not CONF.daemon,
+        traffic=not CONF.daemon,
         web=CONF.web,
         file_only=True,
         RequestHandlerClass=websocketproxy.NovaProxyRequestHandler
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_baseproxy.py b/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_baseproxy.py
index 8c89f8257ec0..480a8fe6a8b8 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_baseproxy.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_baseproxy.py
@@ -52,16 +52,13 @@ class BaseProxyTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
     @mock.patch('nova.console.websocketproxy.NovaWebSocketProxy.start_server')
     def test_proxy(self, mock_start, mock_init, mock_gmr, mock_log,
                    mock_exists):
-        # Force verbose=False so something else testing nova.cmd.baseproxy
-        # doesn't impact the call to mocked NovaWebSocketProxy.__init__.
-        self.flags(verbose=False)
         baseproxy.proxy('0.0.0.0', '6080')
         mock_log.assert_called_once_with(baseproxy.CONF, 'nova')
         mock_gmr.mock_assert_called_once_with(version)
         mock_init.assert_called_once_with(
             listen_host='0.0.0.0', listen_port='6080', source_is_ipv6=False,
-            verbose=False, cert='self.pem', key=None, ssl_only=False,
-            daemon=False, record=None, traffic=False,
+            cert='self.pem', key=None, ssl_only=False,
+            daemon=False, record=None, traffic=True,
             web='/usr/share/spice-html5', file_only=True,
             RequestHandlerClass=websocketproxy.NovaProxyRequestHandler)
         mock_start.assert_called_once_with()