diff --git a/ansible/install/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/install/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml
index 5d6fc858e..b30f14db9 100644
--- a/ansible/install/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/install/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -83,13 +83,6 @@
     dest: "{{ browbeat_containers_path }}/collectd-openstack/config/collectd.conf"
   when: "config_type == 'compute' and ovn_compute_collectd_plugin"
 
-- name: Add stack user to wheel
-  shell: |
-    podman exec -it -u root collectd-controller usermod -G wheel stack
-  become: yes
-  become_user: root
-  when: "config_type == 'controller' and ovn_monitoring"
-
 - name: Build and Run container
   block:
     - name: Build collectd-openstack container
@@ -118,3 +111,10 @@
           {% endif %}
           collectd-openstack
       become: yes
+
+- name: Add stack user to wheel
+  shell: |
+    podman exec -it -u root collectd-controller usermod -G wheel stack
+  become: yes
+  become_user: root
+  when: "config_type == 'controller' and ovn_monitoring"
diff --git a/browbeat-containers/collectd-openstack/files/ovn_monitoring.sh b/browbeat-containers/collectd-openstack/files/ovn_monitoring.sh
index 0c0d906fc..b1741d0c0 100755
--- a/browbeat-containers/collectd-openstack/files/ovn_monitoring.sh
+++ b/browbeat-containers/collectd-openstack/files/ovn_monitoring.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ INTERVAL="${COLLECTD_INTERVAL:-15}"
 
 while sleep "$INTERVAL"; do
   VALUE=$(sudo ovsdb-client dump --no-headings unix:/var/lib/openvswitch/ovn/ovn$1_db.sock $2 | wc -l)
+  VALUE=$[VALUE-1]
   echo "PUTVAL \"$HOSTNAME/ovn-$1db-$2/gauge-ovn_$1db_$2\" interval=$INTERVAL N:$VALUE"
 done