diff --git a/environments/neutron-ovs-dpdk.yaml b/environments/neutron-ovs-dpdk.yaml
index fb576446c4..5cb2dea559 100644
--- a/environments/neutron-ovs-dpdk.yaml
+++ b/environments/neutron-ovs-dpdk.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ parameter_defaults:
   NeutronVhostuserSocketDir: "/var/lib/vhost_sockets"
   NovaSchedulerDefaultFilters: "RamFilter,ComputeFilter,AvailabilityZoneFilter,ComputeCapabilitiesFilter,ImagePropertiesFilter,NUMATopologyFilter"
   OvsDpdkDriverType: "vfio-pci"
-  OvsDpdkMemoryChannels: "4"
 
   #ComputeOvsDpdkParameters:
     ## Host configuration Parameters
diff --git a/extraconfig/pre_network/host_config_and_reboot.yaml b/extraconfig/pre_network/host_config_and_reboot.yaml
index 7ded5a337b..cf35618659 100644
--- a/extraconfig/pre_network/host_config_and_reboot.yaml
+++ b/extraconfig/pre_network/host_config_and_reboot.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ parameters:
     type: string
     constraints:
       - allowed_pattern: "[0-9]*"
-    default: ""
+    default: "4"
     tags:
       - role_specific
   OvsDpdkSocketMemory:
diff --git a/puppet/services/openvswitch.yaml b/puppet/services/openvswitch.yaml
index 5d55da2953..d11f305217 100644
--- a/puppet/services/openvswitch.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/openvswitch.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ parameters:
     type: string
     constraints:
       - allowed_pattern: "[0-9]*"
-    default: ""
+    default: "4"
     tags:
       - role_specific
   OvsDpdkSocketMemory: