diff --git a/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml b/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml
index 84ac53fa..fe51e386 100644
--- a/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml
+++ b/multi-node-aio/playbooks/kvm/kvm-vm.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   <name>{{ item.server_hostname }}</name>
   <memory unit='MiB'>{{ item.server_vm_ram }}</memory>
   <currentMemory unit='MiB'>{{ item.server_vm_ram }}</currentMemory>
-  <vcpu placement='static' current='1'>{{ item.server_vm_vcpus }}</vcpu>
+{% set vcpus_threads = ((item.server_vm_vcpus | int) // 2) %}
+{% set vcpus = (item.server_vm_vcpus | int) * vcpus_threads %}
+  <vcpu placement='static' current='{{ vcpus }}'>{{ vcpus }}</vcpu>
   <resource>
     <partition>/machine</partition>
   </resource>
@@ -15,8 +17,7 @@
     <apic/>
   </features>
   <cpu mode='host-model'>
-    <model fallback='allow'/>
-    <topology sockets='1' cores='{{ item.server_vm_vcpus }}' threads='1'/>
+    <topology sockets='1' cores='{{ item.server_vm_vcpus }}' threads='{{ vcpus_threads }}'/>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset='utc'>
     <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
diff --git a/multi-node-aio/playbooks/vars/main.yml b/multi-node-aio/playbooks/vars/main.yml
index 16478df8..fbfb6666 100644
--- a/multi-node-aio/playbooks/vars/main.yml
+++ b/multi-node-aio/playbooks/vars/main.yml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ servers:
         vm_int_iface: vm-br-eth5
   - server_hostname: 'cinder1'
     server_vm_ram: 2048
-    server_vm_vcpus: 1
+    server_vm_vcpus: 2
     server_vm_fixed_addr: '10.0.2.130'
     server_vm_primary_network: 'dhcp'
     server_image: "{{ default_vm_image }}"
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ servers:
         vm_int_iface: vm-br-eth5
   - server_hostname: 'cinder2'
     server_vm_ram: 2048
-    server_vm_vcpus: 1
+    server_vm_vcpus: 2
     server_vm_fixed_addr: '10.0.2.131'
     server_vm_primary_network: 'dhcp'
     server_image: "{{ default_vm_image }}"
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ servers:
         vm_int_iface: vm-br-eth5
   - server_hostname: 'swift1'
     server_vm_ram: 2048
-    server_vm_vcpus: 1
+    server_vm_vcpus: 2
     server_vm_fixed_addr: '10.0.2.140'
     server_vm_primary_network: 'dhcp'
     server_image: "{{ default_vm_image }}"
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ servers:
         vm_int_iface: vm-br-eth5
   - server_hostname: 'swift2'
     server_vm_ram: 2048
-    server_vm_vcpus: 1
+    server_vm_vcpus: 2
     server_vm_fixed_addr: '10.0.2.140'
     server_vm_primary_network: 'dhcp'
     server_image: "{{ default_vm_image }}"
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ servers:
         vm_int_iface: vm-br-eth5
   - server_hostname: 'swift3'
     server_vm_ram: 2048
-    server_vm_vcpus: 1
+    server_vm_vcpus: 2
     server_vm_fixed_addr: '10.0.2.141'
     server_vm_primary_network: 'dhcp'
     server_image: "{{ default_vm_image }}"