diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/log_archive_maintenance.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/log_archive_maintenance.sh
index 71af22a616..db09356677 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/log_archive_maintenance.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/log_archive_maintenance.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ find -O3 /srv/static/logs/ -depth -not -name robots.txt -not -name lost+found \
         -not -wholename /srv/static/logs/help/\* \( \
     \( -type f -mmin +10 -not -name \*\[.-\]gz -not -name \*\[._-\]\[zZ\] \
         \( -name \*.txt -or -name \*.html -or -name tmp\* \) \
-        -exec gzip \{\} \; \) \
+        -exec gzip -f \{\} \; \) \
     -o \( -type f -mtime +120 -execdir rm \{\} \; \) \
     -o \( -type d -empty -mtime +1 -execdir rmdir {} \; \) \)
 find -O3 /srv/static/docs-draft/ -depth -not -name lost+found \( \