diff --git a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
index 2b2e67468f..8c64745236 100644
--- a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ parameters:
     description: Max number of consecutive build failures before the nova-compute will disable itself.
     type: string
 
+conditions:
+  enable_live_migration_tunnelled:
+    or:
+      - equals: [{get_param: NovaNfsEnabled}, true]
+      - equals: [{get_param: NovaEnableRbdBackend}, true]
 
 resources:
   NovaBase:
@@ -228,7 +233,11 @@ outputs:
             # In future versions of QEMU (2.6, mostly), danpb's native
             # encryption work will obsolete the need to use TUNNELLED transport
             # mode.
-            nova::migration::live_migration_tunnelled: {get_param: NovaEnableRbdBackend}
+            nova::migration::live_migration_tunnelled:
+              if:
+              - enable_live_migration_tunnelled
+              - true
+              - false
             nova::compute::neutron::libvirt_vif_driver: {get_param: NovaComputeLibvirtVifDriver}
             # NOTE: bind IP is found in hiera replacing the network name with the
             # local node IP for the given network; replacement examples