diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/collectd_base.py b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/collectd_base.py
index 3d91321b4..e869a97e7 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/collectd_base.py
+++ b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/collectd_base.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Base(object):
         self.do_collect_data = True
 
         self.service_name = service_name
-        self.local_check = True
+        self.local_check = local_check
 
     def config_callback(self, conf):
         for node in conf.children: