diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 2ee060224e69..b7859855c6ec 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -5565,6 +5565,9 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.Manager):
                    curr_time - self._last_bw_usage_cell_update >
                            cells_update_interval):
                 self._last_bw_usage_cell_update = curr_time
+                update_cells = True
+            else:
+                update_cells = False
 
             instances = objects.InstanceList.get_by_host(context,
                                                               self.host,
@@ -5629,7 +5632,8 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.Manager):
                                               bw_ctr['bw_in'],
                                               bw_ctr['bw_out'],
                                               start_period=start_time,
-                                              last_refreshed=refreshed)
+                                              last_refreshed=refreshed,
+                                              update_cells=update_cells)
 
     def _get_host_volume_bdms(self, context, use_slave=False):
         """Return all block device mappings on a compute host."""
diff --git a/nova/objects/bandwidth_usage.py b/nova/objects/bandwidth_usage.py
index a885e3fb1dde..ade0e2485f6c 100644
--- a/nova/objects/bandwidth_usage.py
+++ b/nova/objects/bandwidth_usage.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ from nova.objects import fields
 class BandwidthUsage(base.NovaPersistentObject, base.NovaObject):
     # Version 1.0: Initial version
     # Version 1.1: Add use_slave to get_by_instance_uuid_and_mac
-    VERSION = '1.1'
+    # Version 1.2: Add update_cells to create
+    VERSION = '1.2'
 
     fields = {
         'instance_uuid': fields.UUIDField(),
@@ -52,10 +53,12 @@ class BandwidthUsage(base.NovaPersistentObject, base.NovaObject):
     @base.serialize_args
     @base.remotable
     def create(self, context, uuid, mac, bw_in, bw_out, last_ctr_in,
-               last_ctr_out, start_period=None, last_refreshed=None):
+               last_ctr_out, start_period=None, last_refreshed=None,
+               update_cells=True):
         db_bw_usage = db.bw_usage_update(
             context, uuid, mac, start_period, bw_in, bw_out,
-            last_ctr_in, last_ctr_out, last_refreshed=last_refreshed)
+            last_ctr_in, last_ctr_out, last_refreshed=last_refreshed,
+            update_cells=update_cells)
 
         self._from_db_object(context, self, db_bw_usage)
 
@@ -63,13 +66,15 @@ class BandwidthUsage(base.NovaPersistentObject, base.NovaObject):
 class BandwidthUsageList(base.ObjectListBase, base.NovaObject):
     # Version 1.0: Initial version
     # Version 1.1: Add use_slave to get_by_uuids
-    VERSION = '1.1'
+    # Version 1.2: BandwidthUsage <= version 1.2
+    VERSION = '1.2'
     fields = {
         'objects': fields.ListOfObjectsField('BandwidthUsage'),
     }
     child_versions = {
         '1.0': '1.0',
         '1.1': '1.1',
+        '1.2': '1.2',
     }
 
     @base.serialize_args
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_mgr.py b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_mgr.py
index dfda45134ec7..facb77ae2e50 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_mgr.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_mgr.py
@@ -2058,7 +2058,8 @@ class ComputeManagerUnitTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
                     'fake-mac', start_period=0, use_slave=True)
             bw_usage_update.assert_called_once_with(self.context, 'fake-uuid',
                     'fake-mac', 0, 4, 6, 1, 2,
-                    last_refreshed=timeutils.isotime(_time))
+                    last_refreshed=timeutils.isotime(_time),
+                    update_cells=False)
 
 
 class ComputeManagerBuildInstanceTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
index f7eb53808b47..9152d5fa9dfd 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
@@ -931,8 +931,8 @@ object_data = {
     'AgentList': '1.0-31f07426a729311a42ff7f6246e76e25',
     'Aggregate': '1.1-f5d477be06150529a9b2d27cc49030b5',
     'AggregateList': '1.2-4b02a285b8612bfb86a96ff80052fb0a',
-    'BandwidthUsage': '1.1-bdab751673947f0ac7de108540a1a8ce',
-    'BandwidthUsageList': '1.1-76898106a9db393cd5f42c557389c507',
+    'BandwidthUsage': '1.2-a9d7c2ba54995e48ce38688c51c9416d',
+    'BandwidthUsageList': '1.2-5b564cbfd5ae6e106443c086938e7602',
     'BlockDeviceMapping': '1.4-9968ffe513e7672484b0f528b034cd0f',
     'BlockDeviceMappingList': '1.5-83767968de6e91e9705bddaae02bc649',
     'ComputeNode': '1.6-d2ea9b8f4a6e95ff6a683266eebddbff',