diff --git a/hooks/nova_compute_context.py b/hooks/nova_compute_context.py
index c1d4c0b4..c79f4a0c 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_compute_context.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_compute_context.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
     service_name,
     ERROR,
     INFO,
-    WARNING,
 )
 from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.utils import (
     get_os_version_package,
@@ -278,18 +277,13 @@ class NovaComputeLibvirtContext(context.OSContextGenerator):
         if config('pci-alias'):
             ctxt['pci_alias'] = config('pci-alias')
 
-        if config('vcpu-pin-set'):
+        if config('cpu-dedicated-set'):
+            ctxt['cpu_dedicated_set'] = config('cpu-dedicated-set')
+        elif config('vcpu-pin-set'):
             ctxt['vcpu_pin_set'] = config('vcpu-pin-set')
 
         if config('cpu-shared-set'):
             ctxt['cpu_shared_set'] = config('cpu-shared-set')
-        if config('cpu-dedicated-set'):
-            ctxt['cpu_dedicated_set'] = config('cpu-dedicated-set')
-            if ctxt['vcpu_pin_set']:
-                w = ("Ignoring vcpu-pin-set config since that option can't be "
-                     "used with cpu-dedicated-set.")
-                log(w, level=WARNING)
-                ctxt['vcpu_pin_set'] = None
 
         if config('virtio-net-tx-queue-size'):
             ctxt['virtio_net_tx_queue_size'] = (
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_nova_compute_contexts.py b/unit_tests/test_nova_compute_contexts.py
index 506782bb..ac4c8cc1 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_nova_compute_contexts.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_nova_compute_contexts.py
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ class NovaComputeContextTests(CharmTestCase):
              'listen_tls': 0,
              'host_uuid': self.host_uuid,
              'reserved_host_memory': 1024,
-             'vcpu_pin_set': None,
              'force_raw_images': True,
              'inject_password': False,
              'inject_partition': -2,
@@ -723,6 +722,35 @@ class NovaComputeContextTests(CharmTestCase):
              'inject_partition': -2,
              'default_ephemeral_format': 'ext4'}, libvirt())
 
+    def test_cpu_dedicated_set(self):
+        self.kv.return_value = FakeUnitdata(**{'host_uuid': self.host_uuid})
+        self.lsb_release.return_value = {'DISTRIB_CODENAME': 'lucid'}
+        self.test_config.set('cpu-shared-set', '4-15')
+        self.test_config.set('cpu-dedicated-set', '16-31')
+        libvirt = context.NovaComputeLibvirtContext()
+
+        expected = {'libvirtd_opts': '-d',
+                    'libvirt_user': 'libvirtd',
+                    'arch': platform.machine(),
+                    'ksm': 'AUTO',
+                    'kvm_hugepages': 0,
+                    'listen_tls': 0,
+                    'host_uuid': self.host_uuid,
+                    'reserved_host_memory': 512,
+                    'cpu_shared_set': '4-15',
+                    'cpu_dedicated_set': '16-31',
+                    'force_raw_images': True,
+                    'inject_password': False,
+                    'inject_partition': -2,
+                    'default_ephemeral_format': 'ext4'}
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, libvirt())
+
+        # should be ignored
+        self.test_config.set('vcpu-pin-set', '16-31')
+        libvirt = context.NovaComputeLibvirtContext()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, libvirt())
+
     def test_ksm_configs(self):
         self.lsb_release.return_value = {'DISTRIB_CODENAME': 'lucid'}