diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index c4c959bc7d..9acc0b3589 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -1095,7 +1095,9 @@ outputs:
           failed_when: false
           when: step|int == 2
       scale_tasks:
-        - when: step|int == 1
+        - when:
+            - step|int == 1
+            - container_cli == 'podman'
           tags: down
           environment:
             OS_USERNAME: admin