diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/templates/ceph-mon.service.j2 b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/templates/ceph-mon.service.j2
index b97248e21..c8c5de7bc 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/templates/ceph-mon.service.j2
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/templates/ceph-mon.service.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker kill %p
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm %p
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /etc/ceph /var/lib/ceph/mon
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run -d --rm --name %p --net=host \
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run -d --name %p --net=host \
    -v /var/lib/ceph:/var/lib/ceph \
    -v /etc/ceph:/etc/ceph \
    --privileged \