diff --git a/rpc_deployment/roles/nova_common/templates/nova.conf b/rpc_deployment/roles/nova_common/templates/nova.conf
index c455bd6c30..e8b226ae88 100644
--- a/rpc_deployment/roles/nova_common/templates/nova.conf
+++ b/rpc_deployment/roles/nova_common/templates/nova.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ compute_driver = {{ nova_compute_driver }}
 instance_name_template = instance-%08x
 instances_path = /var/lib/nova/instances
 api_paste_config = /etc/nova/api-paste.ini
-allow_resize_to_same_host = False
+allow_resize_to_same_host = True
 
 # Api's
 enabled_apis = osapi_compute,metadata,ec2