diff --git a/trove/common/cfg.py b/trove/common/cfg.py
index 723cedaf76..68f3afe1d2 100644
--- a/trove/common/cfg.py
+++ b/trove/common/cfg.py
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ couchbase_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('mount_point', default='/var/lib/couchbase',
                help="Filesystem path for mounting "
                "volumes if volume support is enabled."),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('root_on_create', default=True,
+    cfg.BoolOpt('root_on_create', default=False,
                 help='Enable the automatic creation of the root user for the '
                 'service during instance-create. The generated password for '
                 'the root user is immediately returned in the response of '