diff --git a/puppet/services/nova-ironic.yaml b/puppet/services/nova-ironic.yaml
index 843f44c5a9..f1d8dff7c3 100644
--- a/puppet/services/nova-ironic.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/nova-ironic.yaml
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ outputs:
             nova::scheduler::filter::scheduler_host_manager: 'ironic_host_manager'
       step_config: |
         include tripleo::profile::base::nova::compute::ironic
+      upgrade_tasks:
+        - name: Stop openstack-nova-compute service
+          tags: step1
+          service: name=openstack-nova-compute state=stopped enabled=no