diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 1e76449a..b275b7f4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ neutron_ovn_metadata_agent_init_overrides: {}
 # NOTE(noonedeadpunk): uWSGI is still not fully supported. See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1912359
 neutron_use_uwsgi: "{{ (neutron_plugin_type not in ['ml2.ovn']) }}"
 neutron_wsgi_processes_max: 16
-neutron_wsgi_processes: "{{ [[ansible_processor_vcpus | default(1), 1] | max * 2, neutron_wsgi_processes_max] | min }}"
+neutron_wsgi_processes: "{{ [[ansible_facts['processor_vcpus'] | default(1), 1] | max * 2, neutron_wsgi_processes_max] | min }}"
 neutron_wsgi_threads: 1
 neutron_uwsgi_tls:
   crt: "{{ neutron_ssl_cert }}"