diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/migrations.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/migrations.yml
index c161374ce..284d78c16 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/migrations.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/migrations.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@
 - name: "Perform ironic online data migrations"
   command: ironic-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf online_data_migrations
   environment: "{{ bifrost_venv_env }}"
-  when: ironic.database.host != 'localhost'
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/online-data-migrations2-b86dff53f42718f5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/online-data-migrations2-b86dff53f42718f5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..510ef7781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/online-data-migrations2-b86dff53f42718f5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes an issue where online data migrations were not performed in the
+    default Bifrost configuration where ``localhost`` is used as the database
+    address. See `LP#2036772
+    <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bifrost/+bug/2036772>`__ for details.