diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b1fb6676..b4e7cabe 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -471,11 +471,7 @@ nova_libvirtd_debug_log_filters: "3:remote 4:event 3:json 3:rpc"
 
 nova_api_metadata_init_overrides: {}
 nova_api_os_compute_init_overrides: {}
-nova_compute_init_overrides:
-  Unit:
-    ? libvirtd.service
-    ? syslog.target
-    ? network.target
+nova_compute_init_overrides: {}
 nova_conductor_init_overrides: {}
 nova_consoleauth_init_overrides: {}
 nova_novncproxy_init_overrides: {}
@@ -515,6 +511,10 @@ nova_services:
     start_order: 6
     execstarts: "{{ nova_bin }}/nova-compute"
     execreloads: "/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID"
+    after_targets:
+      - libvirtd.service
+      - syslog.target
+      - network.target
   nova-conductor:
     group: nova_conductor
     service_name: nova-conductor