diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index de898b23fd..af5d1222a0 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -589,14 +589,6 @@ function create_nova_conf {
 
     iniset $NOVA_CONF cinder os_region_name "$REGION_NAME"
 
-    if [[ "$NOVA_BACKEND" == "LVM" ]]; then
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt images_type "lvm"
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt images_volume_group $DEFAULT_VOLUME_GROUP_NAME
-        if isset LVM_VOLUME_CLEAR; then
-            iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt volume_clear "$LVM_VOLUME_CLEAR"
-        fi
-    fi
-
     if is_ssl_enabled_service glance || is_service_enabled tls-proxy; then
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT glance_protocol https
     fi
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
index 1b4f7ae80a..d0e364efc3 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
         iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc vncserver_proxyclient_address  $HOST_IP
         iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc vncserver_listen $HOST_IP
         iniset $NOVA_CONF vnc keymap
+    elif [[ "$NOVA_BACKEND" == "LVM" ]]; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt images_type "lvm"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt images_volume_group $DEFAULT_VOLUME_GROUP_NAME
+        if isset LVM_VOLUME_CLEAR; then
+            iniset $NOVA_CONF libvirt volume_clear "$LVM_VOLUME_CLEAR"
+        fi
     fi
 }