diff --git a/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml b/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml
index d62c349e1f..012bd7278d 100644
--- a/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/gnocchi-base.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ outputs:
             query:
               read_default_file: /etc/my.cnf.d/tripleo.cnf
               read_default_group: tripleo
-        gnocchi::db::sync::extra_opts: '--skip-storage'
+        gnocchi::db::sync::extra_opts: ''
         gnocchi::storage::metric_processing_delay: {get_param: MetricProcessingDelay}
         gnocchi::storage::swift::swift_user: 'service:gnocchi'
         gnocchi::storage::swift::swift_auth_version: 3