diff --git a/neutron/values.yaml b/neutron/values.yaml
index b656917907..6ea149e061 100644
--- a/neutron/values.yaml
+++ b/neutron/values.yaml
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ conf:
         db:
           allow_automatic_l3agent_failover: True
           l3_ha: True
-          min_l3_agents_per_router: 1
+          min_l3_agents_per_router: 2
           max_l3_agents_per_router: 2
           l3_ha_network_type: vxlan
           dhcp_agents_per_network: 3