diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
index 6aa08013a0..3e535d916f 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
@@ -2118,8 +2118,8 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TIMEOUT=120
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST=1
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_FULL=1
-          export CINDER_ISCSI_HELPER=lioadm
-          export CINDER_LVM_TYPE=thin
+          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG="CINDER_ISCSI_HELPER=lioadm"
+          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"CINDER_LVM_TYPE=thin"
           export BRANCH_OVERRIDE={branch-override}
           if [ "$BRANCH_OVERRIDE" != "default" ] ; then
               export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE