diff --git a/cluster/ceph.py b/cluster/ceph.py
index f0aea803..eba58ff9 100644
--- a/cluster/ceph.py
+++ b/cluster/ceph.py
@@ -756,14 +756,7 @@ def mkpool(self, name, profile_name, application, base_name=None):
                         continue_if_error=False).communicate()
 
         if crush_profile:
-            try:
-                rule_index = int(crush_profile)
-                # set crush profile using the integer 0-based index of crush rule
-                # displayed by: ceph osd crush rule ls
-                ruleset = crush_profile
-            except ValueError:
-                ruleset = self.get_ruleset(crush_profile)
-            common.pdsh(settings.getnodes('head'), 'sudo %s -c %s osd pool set %s crush_ruleset %s' % (self.ceph_cmd, self.tmp_conf, name, crush_profile),
+            common.pdsh(settings.getnodes('head'), 'sudo %s -c %s osd pool set %s crush_rule %s' % (self.ceph_cmd, self.tmp_conf, name, crush_profile),
                         continue_if_error=False).communicate()
 
         logger.info('Checking Health after pool creation.')
diff --git a/example/example-kvmrbdfio.yaml b/example/example-kvmrbdfio.yaml
index f09ce0ce..aa9445b6 100644
--- a/example/example-kvmrbdfio.yaml
+++ b/example/example-kvmrbdfio.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cluster:
       pg_size: 64
       pgp_size: 64
       replication: 3
-      crush_profile: 1
+      crush_profile: replicated_rule
 benchmarks:
   kvmrbdfio:
     fio_cmd: /usr/local/bin/fio