diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all/nova.yml b/inventory/group_vars/all/nova.yml
index bbd379c824..0ae91f1f15 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all/nova.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all/nova.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ nova_consoles:
   serial:
     port: "{{ nova_serialconsoleproxy_port | default('6083') }}"
     path: "/"
+  disabled:
+    port: 0
+    path: ""
+
 nova_console_type: "{{ (ansible_architecture == 'aarch64') | ternary('serialconsole', 'novnc') }}"
 nova_console_port: "{{ nova_consoles[nova_console_type]['port'] }}"
 nova_console_path: "{{ nova_consoles[nova_console_type]['path'] }}"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml b/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml
index 65e98aca83..c04134334a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/haproxy.yml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ haproxy_nova_console_service:
   haproxy_balance_alg: source
   haproxy_backend_options: "{{ haproxy_nova_console_http_mode | ternary(['httpchk HEAD ' + nova_console_path + ' HTTP/1.0\\r\\nUser-agent:\\ osa-haproxy-healthcheck'], []) }}"
   haproxy_backend_httpcheck_options: "{{ haproxy_nova_console_http_mode | ternary(['expect status 200'], []) }}"
-  haproxy_service_enabled: "{{ groups['nova_console'] is defined and groups['nova_console'] | length > 0 }}"
+  haproxy_service_enabled: "{{ groups['nova_console'] is defined and groups['nova_console'] | length > 0 and nova_console_type != 'disabled' }}"
 
 haproxy_octavia_service:
   haproxy_service_name: octavia