diff --git a/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml
index bccaba9edf..909b19c2e4 100644
--- a/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/ovn/ovn-metadata-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ parameters:
     description: Shared secret to prevent spoofing
     type: string
     hidden: true
-  NeutronWorkers:
+  NeutronMetadataWorkers:
     default: ''
     description: |
-      Sets the number of worker processes for the neutron metadata agent. The
-      default value results in the configuration being left unset and a
+      Sets the number of worker processes for the neutron OVN metadata agent.
+      The default value results in the configuration being left unset and a
       system-dependent default will be chosen (usually the number of
       processors). Please note that this can result in a large number of
       processes and memory consumption on systems with a large core count. On
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ conditions:
   docker_enabled: {equals: [{get_param: ContainerCli}, 'docker']}
   service_debug_unset: {equals : [{get_param: OVNWrapperDebug}, false]}
   internal_tls_enabled: {equals: [{get_param: EnableInternalTLS}, true]}
-  neutron_workers_unset: {equals : [{get_param: NeutronWorkers}, '']}
+  neutron_metadata_workers_unset: {equals : [{get_param: NeutronMetadataWorkers}, '']}
 
 resources:
 
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ outputs:
               - 'http'
           -
             if:
-            - neutron_workers_unset
+            - neutron_metadata_workers_unset
             - {}
-            - neutron::agents::ovn_metadata::metadata_workers: {get_param: NeutronWorkers}
+            - neutron::agents::ovn_metadata::metadata_workers: {get_param: NeutronMetadataWorkers}
           - if:
             - internal_tls_enabled
             - tripleo::profile::base::neutron::ovn_metadata::ovn_sb_ca_cert: {get_param: InternalTLSCAFile}
diff --git a/environments/low-memory-usage.yaml b/environments/low-memory-usage.yaml
index 5cb9608a1d..84b8769140 100644
--- a/environments/low-memory-usage.yaml
+++ b/environments/low-memory-usage.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ parameter_defaults:
   HeatWorkers: 1
   KeystoneWorkers: 1
   NeutronWorkers: 1
+  NeutronMetadataWorkers: 1
   NovaWorkers: 1
   NovaSchedulerWorkers: 1
   SaharaWorkers: 1
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ovn-neutron-metadata-workers-7623588cca0a6948.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ovn-neutron-metadata-workers-7623588cca0a6948.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9296e85283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ovn-neutron-metadata-workers-7623588cca0a6948.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Adds a new parameter ``NeutronMetadataWorkers`` for OVN. This
+    parameters allows users to configure the number of OVN metadata
+    workers separately from the value of ``NeutronWorkers``. The OVN
+    metadata workers are deployed onto the compute nodes and not on the
+    controllers/gateways as the OVS ones.
+