diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 82c295404..75a4ca6be 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class nova::compute(
   $vncproxy_protocol             = 'http',
   $vncproxy_port                 = '6080',
   $vncproxy_path                 = '/vnc_auto.html',
-  $virtio_nic                    = true
+  $virtio_nic                    = false
  ) {
 
   include nova::params