diff --git a/ansible/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
index e45795d91..3d2e50934 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ docker_registry_ca:
 docker_daemon_mtu: 1500
 
 # Enable live-restore on docker daemon
-docker_daemon_live_restore: true
+docker_daemon_live_restore: false
 
 # Upper constraints file which is passed to pip when installing packages
 # into a venv.
diff --git a/doc/source/release-notes.rst b/doc/source/release-notes.rst
index da3cf71ff..6d21613a6 100644
--- a/doc/source/release-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/release-notes.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Features
   should be a dict of repositories.
 * Adds support for configuration of live-restore option in docker. This is
   enabled by setting the variable ``docker_daemon_live_restore``. Option is
-  set to true by default.
+  set to false by default.
 * Facilitates deployment of TLS certificate bundles in environments
   where SSL is required.  To use this feature, populate the contents
   of the variable ``kolla_tls_cert`` - this will then be copied in to