diff --git a/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/devstack_local_conf.py b/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/devstack_local_conf.py
index 3a8cd588b9..2f97d0e355 100644
--- a/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/devstack_local_conf.py
+++ b/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/devstack_local_conf.py
@@ -252,7 +252,11 @@ class LocalConf(object):
         if localrc:
             vg = VarGraph(localrc)
             for k, v in vg.getVars():
-                self.localrc.append('{}="{}"'.format(k, v))
+                # Avoid double quoting
+                if len(v) and v[0]=='"':
+                    self.localrc.append('{}={}'.format(k, v))
+                else:
+                    self.localrc.append('{}="{}"'.format(k, v))
                 if k == 'LIBS_FROM_GIT':
                     lfg = True
                 elif k == 'TEMPEST_PLUGINS':
diff --git a/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/test.py b/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/test.py
index 22bf2da55d..7c526b34c8 100644
--- a/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/test.py
+++ b/roles/write-devstack-local-conf/library/test.py
@@ -187,6 +187,24 @@ class TestDevstackLocalConf(unittest.TestCase):
                     lfg = line.strip().split('=')[1]
         self.assertEqual('"oslo.db"', lfg)
 
+    def test_avoid_double_quote(self):
+        "Test that there a no duplicated quotes"
+        localrc = {'TESTVAR': '"quoted value"'}
+        p = dict(localrc=localrc,
+                 base_services=[],
+                 base_dir='./test',
+                 path=os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'test.local.conf'),
+                 projects={})
+        lc = self._init_localconf(p)
+        lc.write(p['path'])
+
+        testvar = None
+        with open(p['path']) as f:
+            for line in f:
+                if line.startswith('TESTVAR'):
+                    testvar = line.strip().split('=')[1]
+        self.assertEqual('"quoted value"', testvar)
+
     def test_plugin_circular_deps(self):
         "Test that plugins with circular dependencies fail"
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'foo-plugin', 'devstack'))