diff --git a/ceilometer/publisher/gnocchi.py b/ceilometer/publisher/gnocchi.py
index 289dc3383a..4f928c584b 100644
--- a/ceilometer/publisher/gnocchi.py
+++ b/ceilometer/publisher/gnocchi.py
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ class GnocchiPublisher(publisher.ConfigPublisherBase):
             pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__,
                                             "data/gnocchi_resources.yaml"))
 
-        archive_policy_default = data.get("archive_policy_default", "low")
+        archive_policy_default = data.get("archive_policy_default",
+                                          "ceilometer-low")
         resource_defs = []
         for resource in data.get('resources', []):
             try:
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index c4fed7dbfb..410ed8ea9a 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 # Gnocchi default archive_policy for Ceilometer
 # TODO(sileht): when Gnocchi 4.0 is out use the tarball instead
 GNOCCHI_GIT_PATH=${GNOCCHI_GIT_PATH:-git+https://github.com/gnocchixyz/gnocchi#egg=gnocchi}
-GNOCCHI_ARCHIVE_POLICY=${GNOCCHI_ARCHIVE_POLICY:-low}
+GNOCCHI_ARCHIVE_POLICY=${GNOCCHI_ARCHIVE_POLICY:-ceilometer-low}
 GNOCCHI_CONF_DIR=${GNOCCHI_CONF_DIR:-/etc/gnocchi}
 GNOCCHI_CONF=${GNOCCHI_CONF:-${GNOCCHI_CONF_DIR}/gnocchi.conf}
 GNOCCHI_COORDINATOR_URL=${CEILOMETER_COORDINATOR_URL:-redis://localhost:6379}