diff --git a/deployment/cinder/cinder-backend-nvmeof-puppet.yaml b/deployment/cinder/cinder-backend-nvmeof-puppet.yaml
index 04df97151e..61f4e78695 100644
--- a/deployment/cinder/cinder-backend-nvmeof-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/cinder/cinder-backend-nvmeof-puppet.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ parameters:
     type: string
     default: 'nvmet'
   CinderNVMeOFTargetProtocol:
+    type: string
     default: 'nvmet_rdma'
     description: >
       The target protocol, supported values are nvmet_rdma and nvmet_tcp.