diff --git a/components/nova/nova-api-mariadb-db.yaml b/components/nova/nova-api-mariadb-db.yaml
index bdf4c9504..e805964f0 100644
--- a/components/nova/nova-api-mariadb-db.yaml
+++ b/components/nova/nova-api-mariadb-db.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: nova-api
   namespace: openstack
 spec:
-  # If you want the database to be created with a different name than the resource name
-  # name: data-custom
+  name: "nova_api"
   mariaDbRef:
     name: mariadb  # name of the MariaDB kind
     waitForIt: true
diff --git a/components/nova/nova-cell0-mariadb-db.yaml b/components/nova/nova-cell0-mariadb-db.yaml
index 669e11648..c406b0115 100644
--- a/components/nova/nova-cell0-mariadb-db.yaml
+++ b/components/nova/nova-cell0-mariadb-db.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   name: nova-cell0
   namespace: openstack
 spec:
-  # If you want the database to be created with a different name than the resource name
-  # name: data-custom
+  name: "nova_cell0"
   mariaDbRef:
     name: mariadb  # name of the MariaDB kind
     waitForIt: true