diff --git a/lib/neutron-legacy b/lib/neutron-legacy
index dd67f45a39..3ac76a2586 100644
--- a/lib/neutron-legacy
+++ b/lib/neutron-legacy
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ function configure_neutron {
     fi
 
     _configure_neutron_debug_command
+
+    iniset $NEUTRON_CONF DEFAULT api_workers "$API_WORKERS"
 }
 
 function create_nova_conf_neutron {