diff --git a/deployment/octavia/octavia-base.yaml b/deployment/octavia/octavia-base.yaml
index 28d6c7713b..bdacf9a53e 100644
--- a/deployment/octavia/octavia-base.yaml
+++ b/deployment/octavia/octavia-base.yaml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ parameters:
                  to receive tenant traffic flow log messages.
     type: comma_delimited_list
   OctaviaTenantLogFacility:
-    default: 1
+    default: 0
     description: The syslog "LOG_LOCAL" facility to use for the tenant
                  traffic flow log messages.
     type: number
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-octavia-tenant-log-facility-default-7b6d0670a51fe845.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-octavia-tenant-log-facility-default-7b6d0670a51fe845.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01f3a3109f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-octavia-tenant-log-facility-default-7b6d0670a51fe845.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed the Octavia OctaviaTenantLogFacility setting default to 0 to align
+    it with the project default.