diff --git a/engine/components-api/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManager.java b/engine/components-api/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManager.java
index 89dc4badcbcf..936e8b3448eb 100755
--- a/engine/components-api/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/engine/components-api/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManager.java
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public interface ResourceManager extends ResourceService, Configurable {
 
     ConfigKey<Boolean> KvmSshToAgentEnabled = new ConfigKey<>("Advanced", Boolean.class,
             "kvm.ssh.to.agent","true",
-            "Number of retries when preparing a host into Maintenance Mode is faulty before failing",
-            false);
+            "True if the management server will restart the agent service via SSH into the KVM hosts after or during maintenance operations",
+            true);
 
     ConfigKey<String> HOST_MAINTENANCE_LOCAL_STRATEGY = new ConfigKey<>(String.class,
     "host.maintenance.local.storage.strategy", "Advanced","Error",
diff --git a/engine/schema/src/main/resources/META-INF/db/schema-42020to42030.sql b/engine/schema/src/main/resources/META-INF/db/schema-42020to42030.sql
index 567e623564ea..5eec97278bad 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/main/resources/META-INF/db/schema-42020to42030.sql
+++ b/engine/schema/src/main/resources/META-INF/db/schema-42020to42030.sql
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ ALTER TABLE `cloud`.`template_store_ref` MODIFY COLUMN `download_url` varchar(20
 
 UPDATE `cloud`.`alert` SET type = 33 WHERE name = 'ALERT.VR.PUBLIC.IFACE.MTU';
 UPDATE `cloud`.`alert` SET type = 34 WHERE name = 'ALERT.VR.PRIVATE.IFACE.MTU';
+
+-- Update configuration 'kvm.ssh.to.agent' description and is_dynamic fields
+UPDATE `cloud`.`configuration` SET description = 'True if the management server will restart the agent service via SSH into the KVM hosts after or during maintenance operations', is_dynamic = 1 WHERE name = 'kvm.ssh.to.agent';
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java
index a77ecfcb7fe1..c076ab7c893e 100755
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImpl.java
@@ -2920,8 +2920,7 @@ protected void handleAgentIfNotConnected(HostVO host, boolean vmsMigrating) {
         if (!isAgentOnHost || vmsMigrating || host.getStatus() == Status.Up) {
             return;
         }
-        final boolean sshToAgent = Boolean.parseBoolean(_configDao.getValue(KvmSshToAgentEnabled.key()));
-        if (sshToAgent) {
+        if (KvmSshToAgentEnabled.value()) {
             Ternary<String, String, String> credentials = getHostCredentials(host);
             connectAndRestartAgentOnHost(host, credentials.first(), credentials.second(), credentials.third());
         } else {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImplTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImplTest.java
index 5b7353bded6c..1669d7a47d9f 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImplTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/resource/ResourceManagerImplTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import com.trilead.ssh2.Connection;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.host.CancelHostAsDegradedCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.host.DeclareHostAsDegradedCmd;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.ConfigKey;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.mockito.Spy;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -152,6 +154,12 @@ public class ResourceManagerImplTest {
     private MockedConstruction<GetVncPortCommand> getVncPortCommandMockedConstruction;
     private AutoCloseable closeable;
 
+    private void overrideDefaultConfigValue(final ConfigKey configKey, final String name, final Object o) throws IllegalAccessException, NoSuchFieldException {
+        Field f = ConfigKey.class.getDeclaredField(name);
+        f.setAccessible(true);
+        f.set(configKey, o);
+    }
+
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         closeable = MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
@@ -194,7 +202,7 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
                 eq("service cloudstack-agent restart"))).
                 willReturn(new SSHCmdHelper.SSHCmdResult(0,"",""));
 
-        when(configurationDao.getValue(ResourceManager.KvmSshToAgentEnabled.key())).thenReturn("true");
+        overrideDefaultConfigValue(ResourceManager.KvmSshToAgentEnabled, "_defaultValue", "true");
 
         rootDisks = Arrays.asList(rootDisk1, rootDisk2);
         dataDisks = Collections.singletonList(dataDisk);
@@ -372,9 +380,9 @@ public void testHandleAgentSSHEnabledConnectedAgent() {
     }
 
     @Test(expected = CloudRuntimeException.class)
-    public void testHandleAgentSSHDisabledNotConnectedAgent() {
+    public void testHandleAgentSSHDisabledNotConnectedAgent() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
         when(host.getStatus()).thenReturn(Status.Disconnected);
-        when(configurationDao.getValue(ResourceManager.KvmSshToAgentEnabled.key())).thenReturn("false");
+        overrideDefaultConfigValue(ResourceManager.KvmSshToAgentEnabled, "_defaultValue", "false");
         resourceManager.handleAgentIfNotConnected(host, false);
     }