diff --git a/templates/nova.conf b/templates/nova.conf
index d180ea391..64fb37212 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/nova.conf
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ amqp_auto_delete=false
 # rabbit_quorum_queue=true
 {{/*we might just want to make this always false*/}}
 {{ if eq .service_name "nova-api"}}
-heartbeat_in_pthread=true
+# We cannot set this to true while is
+# https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/oslo.log/+/852443 is not used in the
+# nova-api image otherwise logging from the heartbeat thread will cause hangs.
+heartbeat_in_pthread=false
 {{else}}
 heartbeat_in_pthread=false
 {{end}}