diff --git a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/smapi.pp b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/smapi.pp
index 1a87148c6f..dba28d128c 100644
--- a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/smapi.pp
+++ b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/smapi.pp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class platform::smapi::haproxy
     server_name  => 's-smapi-internal',
     public_ip_address => $::platform::haproxy::params::private_ip_address,
     public_port  => $port,
+    public_api => false,
     private_ip_address => $bind_ip,
     private_port => $port,
   }