diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 0330de81d..d4eead320 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -404,13 +404,13 @@
 #   (optional) The number of worker processes to serve the admin eventlet application.
 #   This option is deprecated along with eventlet and will be removed in M.
 #   This setting has no affect when using WSGI.
-#   Defaults to max($::processorcount, 2)
+#   Defaults to $::os_workers
 #
 # [*public_workers*]
 #   (optional) The number of worker processes to serve the public eventlet application.
 #   This option is deprecated along with eventlet and will be removed in M.
 #   This setting has no affect when using WSGI.
-#   Defaults to max($::processorcount, 2)
+#   Defaults to $::os_workers
 #
 # [*sync_db*]
 #   (Optional) Run db sync on the node.
@@ -749,8 +749,8 @@ class keystone(
   $enable_proxy_headers_parsing         = $::os_service_default,
   $purge_config                         = false,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $admin_workers                        = max($::processorcount, 2),
-  $public_workers                       = max($::processorcount, 2),
+  $admin_workers                        = $::os_workers,
+  $public_workers                       = $::os_workers,
   $service_provider                     = undef,
   $verbose                              = undef,
   $enable_pki_setup                     = undef,
diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index b0396913b..703104d90 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 #
 #   [*threads*]
 #     (optional) The number of threads for the vhost.
-#     Defaults to $::processorcount
+#     Defaults to $::os_workers
 #
 #   [*wsgi_application_group*]
 #     (optional) The application group of the WSGI script.
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class keystone::wsgi::apache (
   $ssl_crl_path              = undef,
   $ssl_crl                   = undef,
   $ssl_certs_dir             = undef,
-  $threads                   = $::processorcount,
+  $threads                   = $::os_workers,
   $priority                  = '10',
   $wsgi_application_group    = '%{GLOBAL}',
   $wsgi_pass_authorization   = 'On',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/os_workers_for_worker_count-50c1f496bf4dc954.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/os_workers_for_worker_count-50c1f496bf4dc954.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5616f0d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/os_workers_for_worker_count-50c1f496bf4dc954.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+other:
+  - Parameters that control the number of spawned child processes for
+    distributing processing have had their default value changed from
+    ::processorcount to ::os_workers.
diff --git a/spec/classes/keystone_db_postgresql_spec.rb b/spec/classes/keystone_db_postgresql_spec.rb
index 04a1e619c..2f6b7e39f 100644
--- a/spec/classes/keystone_db_postgresql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/keystone_db_postgresql_spec.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe 'keystone::db::postgresql' do
     context "on #{os}" do
       let (:facts) do
         facts.merge(OSDefaults.get_facts({
-          :processorcount => 8,
+          :os_workers     => 8,
           :concat_basedir => '/var/lib/puppet/concat'
         }))
       end
diff --git a/spec/classes/keystone_roles_admin_spec.rb b/spec/classes/keystone_roles_admin_spec.rb
index 30a42f4f5..8d35a38bf 100644
--- a/spec/classes/keystone_roles_admin_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/keystone_roles_admin_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe 'keystone::roles::admin' do
       :osfamily               => 'Debian',
       :operatingsystem        => 'Debian',
       :operatingsystemrelease => '7.0',
-      :processorcount         => '1'
+      :os_workers             => 1,
     })
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/keystone_spec.rb b/spec/classes/keystone_spec.rb
index 6f10e9fd1..a372e54c4 100644
--- a/spec/classes/keystone_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/keystone_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ describe 'keystone' do
 
   let :global_facts do
     {
-      :processorcount => 42,
       :concat_basedir => '/var/lib/puppet/concat',
       :fqdn           => 'some.host.tld'
     }
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ describe 'keystone' do
       :osfamily               => 'Debian',
       :operatingsystem        => 'Debian',
       :operatingsystemrelease => '7.0',
-      :processorcount         => '1'
     }))
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/keystone_wsgi_apache_spec.rb b/spec/classes/keystone_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
index 6076267f4..e0263baba 100644
--- a/spec/classes/keystone_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/keystone_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe 'keystone::wsgi::apache' do
 
   let :global_facts do
     {
-      :processorcount => 42,
+      :os_workers     => 8,
       :concat_basedir => '/var/lib/puppet/concat',
       :fqdn           => 'some.host.tld'
     }