diff --git a/nova/values.yaml b/nova/values.yaml
index 979b2508c4..7b1f5c26f9 100644
--- a/nova/values.yaml
+++ b/nova/values.yaml
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ conf:
       instance_usage_audit: True
       instance_usage_audit_period: hour
       notify_on_state_change: vm_and_task_state
+      resume_guests_state_on_host_boot: True
     vnc:
       novncproxy_host: 0.0.0.0
       vncserver_listen: 0.0.0.0