diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer.pp b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer.pp
index e6a2f11c0..a85be5d54 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer.pp
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 #
 # === Parameters
 #
-# [*bootstrap_node*]
-#   (Optional) The hostname of the node responsible for bootstrapping tasks
-#   Defaults to hiera('bootstrap_nodeid')
-#
 # [*step*]
 #   (Optional) The current step in deployment. See tripleo-heat-templates
 #   for more details.
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@
 #   Defaults to hiera('ceilometer::rabbit_use_ssl', '0')
 
 class tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer (
-  $bootstrap_node          = hiera('bootstrap_nodeid', undef),
   $step                    = hiera('step'),
   $oslomsg_rpc_proto       = hiera('messaging_rpc_service_name', 'rabbit'),
   $oslomsg_rpc_hosts       = any2array(hiera('rabbitmq_node_names', undef)),
@@ -86,11 +81,6 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer (
   $oslomsg_notify_username = hiera('ceilometer::rabbit_userid', 'guest'),
   $oslomsg_use_ssl         = hiera('ceilometer::rabbit_use_ssl', '0'),
 ) {
-  if $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
-    $sync_db = true
-  } else {
-    $sync_db = false
-  }
 
   if $step >= 3 {
     $oslomsg_use_ssl_real = sprintf('%s', bool2num(str2bool($oslomsg_use_ssl)))
@@ -114,13 +104,4 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer (
     }
     include ::ceilometer::config
   }
-
-  # Run ceilometer-upgrade in step 5 so gnocchi resource types
-  # are created safely.
-  if $step >= 5 and $sync_db {
-    exec {'ceilometer-db-upgrade':
-      command => 'ceilometer-upgrade --skip-metering-database',
-      path    => ['/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin'],
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/notification.pp b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/notification.pp
index 7fe8e815f..3fa139a6f 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/notification.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/notification.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer::agent::notification (
   $step = hiera('step'),
 ) {
   include ::tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer
+  include ::tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer::upgrade
 
   if $step >= 4 {
     include ::ceilometer::agent::auth
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/polling.pp b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/polling.pp
index 3706c2e79..fedf03583 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/polling.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/agent/polling.pp
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer::agent::polling (
 ) {
   include ::tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer
 
+  if $central_namespace {
+    include ::tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer::upgrade
+  }
+
   if $step >= 4 {
     include ::ceilometer::agent::auth
     class { '::ceilometer::agent::polling':
@@ -60,5 +64,4 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer::agent::polling (
       coordination_url  => join(['redis://:', $ceilometer_redis_password, '@', normalize_ip_for_uri($redis_vip), ':6379/']),
     }
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/upgrade.pp b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/upgrade.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0fc9be50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/ceilometer/upgrade.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# == Class: tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer::upgrade
+#
+# Ceilometer upgrade profile for tripleo
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+# [*bootstrap_node*]
+#   (Optional) The hostname of the node responsible for bootstrapping tasks
+#   Defaults to hiera('bootstrap_nodeid')
+#
+# [*step*]
+#   (Optional) The current step in deployment. See tripleo-heat-templates
+#   for more details.
+#   Defaults to hiera('step')
+#
+
+class tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer::upgrade (
+  $bootstrap_node = hiera('bootstrap_nodeid', undef),
+  $step           = hiera('step'),
+) {
+  if $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
+    $sync_db = true
+  } else {
+    $sync_db = false
+  }
+
+  # Run ceilometer-upgrade in step 5 so gnocchi resource types
+  # are created safely.
+  if $step >= 5 and $sync_db {
+    exec {'ceilometer-db-upgrade':
+      command => 'ceilometer-upgrade --skip-metering-database',
+      path    => ['/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin'],
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_ceilometer_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_ceilometer_spec.rb
index 8c1d50705..bc4ffac98 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_ceilometer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_ceilometer_spec.rb
@@ -43,30 +43,6 @@ describe 'tripleo::profile::base::ceilometer' do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with step 5 with bootstrap node' do
-      let(:params) { {
-        :bootstrap_node => 'node.example.com',
-        :step             => 5,
-        :oslomsg_rpc_hosts => [ '127.0.0.1' ],
-        :oslomsg_rpc_username => 'ceilometer',
-        :oslomsg_rpc_password => 'foo',
-      } }
-
-      it 'should trigger complete configuration' do
-        is_expected.to contain_exec('ceilometer-db-upgrade')
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'with step 5 without bootstrap node' do
-      let(:params) { {
-        :bootstrap_node => 'somethingelse.example.com',
-        :step             => 5,
-      } }
-
-      it 'should trigger complete configuration' do
-        is_expected.to_not contain_exec('ceilometer-db-upgrade')
-      end
-    end
   end