diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 380a89c6..20af5bf7 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class cloud::compute(
   if $use_syslog {
     $log_dir = false
     nova_config {
-      'DEFAULT/logging_context_format_string': value => '%(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s';
+      'DEFAULT/logging_context_format_string': value => '%(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user)s] %(instance)s%(message)s';
       'DEFAULT/logging_default_format_string': value => '%(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s';
       'DEFAULT/logging_debug_format_suffix': value => '%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d';
       'DEFAULT/logging_exception_prefix': value => '%(process)d TRACE %(name)s %(instance)s';