diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
index 7d47ef070c..d59473ca1c 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT compute_driver ironic.IronicDriver
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT firewall_driver $LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT scheduler_host_manager ironic_host_manager
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF filter_scheduler use_baremetal_filters True
+
+    if [[ "$IRONIC_USE_RESOURCE_CLASSES" == "False" ]]; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF filter_scheduler use_baremetal_filters True
+    fi
+
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ram_allocation_ratio 1.0
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT reserved_host_memory_mb 0
     # ironic section