diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index 497af645b5..755e6812e6 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -443,6 +443,13 @@ parameters:
     default: {}
     tags:
       - role_specific
+  NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance:
+    default: false
+    description: Whether to disable irqbalance on compute nodes or not. Especially
+                 in Realtime Compute role one wants to keep it disabled.
+    type: boolean
+    tags:
+      - role_specific
 
   # DEPRECATED: the following options are deprecated and are currently maintained
   # for backwards compatibility. They will be removed in future release.
@@ -544,6 +551,7 @@ resources:
               nova_pmem_namespaces: NovaPMEMNamespaces
               nova::compute::libvirt::remove_unused_original_minimum_age_seconds: NovaImageCacheTTL
               nova::compute::vgpu::vgpu_types_device_addresses_mapping: NovaVGPUTypesDeviceAddressesMapping
+              compute_disable_irqbalance: NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance
             - values: {get_param: [RoleParameters]}
           - values:
               NovaVcpuPinSet: {get_param: NovaVcpuPinSet}
@@ -620,6 +628,7 @@ resources:
               NovaPMEMNamespaces: {get_param: NovaPMEMNamespaces}
               NovaImageCacheTTL: {get_param: NovaImageCacheTTL}
               NovaVGPUTypesDeviceAddressesMapping: {get_param: NovaVGPUTypesDeviceAddressesMapping}
+              NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance: {get_param: NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance}
 
 
 conditions:
@@ -1106,6 +1115,15 @@ outputs:
               with_items:
                 - ksm.service
                 - ksmtuned.service
+          - name: Is irqbalance enabled
+            set_fact:
+              compute_irqbalance_disabled: {get_attr: [RoleParametersValue, value, compute_disable_irqbalance]}
+          - name: disable irqbalance service on compute
+            when: compute_irqbalance_disabled|bool
+            service:
+              name: irqbalance.service
+              state: stopped
+              enabled: no
       deploy_steps_tasks:
         - name: validate nova-compute container state
           podman_container_info:
diff --git a/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkRT.yaml b/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkRT.yaml
index 0112e5b0ff..2e23becfbf 100644
--- a/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkRT.yaml
+++ b/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkRT.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     NovaLibvirtRxQueueSize: 1024
     NovaLibvirtTxQueueSize: 1024
     NovaLibvirtMemStatsPeriodSeconds: 0
+    NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance: True
   update_serial: 25
   ServicesDefault:
     - OS::TripleO::Services::Aide
diff --git a/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkSriovRT.yaml b/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkSriovRT.yaml
index 83daf01392..b2367a2a7d 100644
--- a/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkSriovRT.yaml
+++ b/roles/ComputeOvsDpdkSriovRT.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     NovaLibvirtRxQueueSize: 1024
     NovaLibvirtTxQueueSize: 1024
     NovaLibvirtMemStatsPeriodSeconds: 0
+    NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance: True
   update_serial: 25
   ServicesDefault:
     - OS::TripleO::Services::Aide
diff --git a/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml b/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml
index a86fb39f11..39739561f3 100644
--- a/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml
+++ b/roles/ComputeRealTime.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     NovaComputeCpuDedicatedSet: ""  # real-time nodes
     NovaComputeCpuSharedSet: ""     #
     NovaLibvirtMemStatsPeriodSeconds: 0
+    NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance: True
   update_serial: 25
   ServicesDefault:
     - OS::TripleO::Services::Aide
diff --git a/roles/ComputeSriovRT.yaml b/roles/ComputeSriovRT.yaml
index 75bbf64eac..989a285c65 100644
--- a/roles/ComputeSriovRT.yaml
+++ b/roles/ComputeSriovRT.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   RoleParametersDefault:
     TunedProfileName: "realtime-virtual-host"
     NovaLibvirtMemStatsPeriodSeconds: 0
+    NovaComputeDisableIrqBalance: True
   update_serial: 25
   ServicesDefault:
     - OS::TripleO::Services::Aide