diff --git a/octavia/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh b/octavia/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
index 4d15e94a41..570fe45fe6 100755
--- a/octavia/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
+++ b/octavia/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"LIBS_FROM_GIT+=,diskimage-builder"$'\n'
 # Sort out our gate args
 . $(dirname "$0")/decode_args.sh
 
-# Note: The check for OVH and limestone instances is temporary until they
+# Note: The check for OVH instances is temporary until they
 # resolve the KVM failures as logged here:
 # https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192521
 # However, this may be resolved at OVH before the kernel bug is resolved.
-if egrep --quiet '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo; then
+if $(egrep --quiet '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo) && [[ ! $(hostname) =~ "ovh" ]]; then
     export DEVSTACK_GATE_LIBVIRT_TYPE=kvm
 fi