diff --git a/nova/cmd/manage.py b/nova/cmd/manage.py
index 6ba55df8bf6d..3f0cb198465a 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/manage.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ from nova.objects import compute_node as compute_node_obj
 from nova.objects import host_mapping as host_mapping_obj
 from nova.objects import instance as instance_obj
 from nova.objects import instance_mapping as instance_mapping_obj
+from nova.objects import pci_device as pci_device_obj
 from nova.objects import quotas as quotas_obj
 from nova.objects import virtual_interface as virtual_interface_obj
 from nova import rpc
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ class DbCommands(object):
         virtual_interface_obj.fill_virtual_interface_list,
         # Added in Stein
         instance_mapping_obj.populate_user_id,
+        # Added in Victoria
+        pci_device_obj.PciDevice.populate_dev_uuids,
     )
 
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/nova/objects/pci_device.py b/nova/objects/pci_device.py
index cadbacd42ae6..14db00ebc3e9 100644
--- a/nova/objects/pci_device.py
+++ b/nova/objects/pci_device.py
@@ -198,6 +198,22 @@ class PciDevice(base.NovaPersistentObject, base.NovaObject):
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not (self == other)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def populate_dev_uuids(cls, context, count):
+        @db_api.pick_context_manager_reader
+        def get_devs_no_uuid(context):
+            return context.session.query(db_models.PciDevice).\
+                    filter_by(uuid=None).limit(count).all()
+
+        db_devs = get_devs_no_uuid(context)
+
+        done = 0
+        for db_dev in db_devs:
+            cls._create_uuid(context, db_dev['id'])
+            done += 1
+
+        return done, done
+
     @classmethod
     def _from_db_object(cls, context, pci_device, db_dev):
         for key in pci_device.fields:
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_pci_device.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_pci_device.py
index 4a5835ede4c3..88f5f2c1a838 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_pci_device.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_pci_device.py
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ class TestPciDeviceUUIDMigration(test.TestCase):
 
     @staticmethod
     @db_api.pick_context_manager_writer
-    def _create_legacy_dev(context):
+    def _create_db_dev(context, deleted=False, **updates):
         """Create a PCI device with no UUID."""
         values = copy.copy(dev_dict)
         # 'PciDeviceList.get_by_instance_uuid' expected devices to be allocated
@@ -732,15 +732,21 @@ class TestPciDeviceUUIDMigration(test.TestCase):
         values['label'] = 'l'  # Why is this necessary?
         values['instance_uuid'] = uuids.instance_uuid
         values['extra_info'] = '{}'
+        values.update(updates)
+
         dev_ref = db_models.PciDevice()
         dev_ref.update(values)
         dev_ref.save(context.session)
+
+        if deleted:
+            dev_ref.soft_delete(context.session)
+
         return dev_ref
 
     @mock.patch.object(objects.PciDevice, '_create_uuid',
             wraps=objects.PciDevice._create_uuid)
     def test_populate_uuid(self, mock_create_uuid):
-        self._create_legacy_dev(self.context)
+        self._create_db_dev(self.context)
         devs = objects.PciDeviceList.get_by_instance_uuid(
             self.context, uuids.instance_uuid)
 
@@ -769,7 +775,7 @@ class TestPciDeviceUUIDMigration(test.TestCase):
         # demonstrate that the compare-and-swap works correctly, and we trust
         # the correctness of the database for the rest.
 
-        db_dev = self._create_legacy_dev(self.context)
+        db_dev = self._create_db_dev(self.context)
         uuid1 = objects.PciDevice._create_uuid(self.context, db_dev.id)
 
         dev = objects.PciDeviceList.get_by_instance_uuid(
@@ -782,3 +788,40 @@ class TestPciDeviceUUIDMigration(test.TestCase):
         uuid2 = objects.PciDevice._create_uuid(self.context, dev.id)
 
         self.assertEqual(uuid1, uuid2)
+
+    def _assert_online_migration(self, expected_total, expected_done,
+                                 limit=10):
+        total, done = objects.PciDevice.populate_dev_uuids(
+            self.context, limit)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_total, total)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_done, done)
+
+    def test_online_migration(self):
+        self._assert_online_migration(0, 0)
+
+        # Create 2 PCI devices, one with a uuid and one without. We need to
+        # specify an address due to unique constraints in the database
+        self._create_db_dev(self.context, address='a', uuid=None)
+        self._create_db_dev(self.context, address='b', uuid=uuids.dev_uuid)
+
+        # Run the online migration. We should find 1 and update 1
+        self._assert_online_migration(1, 1)
+
+        # Fetch the BDMs and check we didn't modify the uuid of bdm2
+        devs = objects.PciDeviceList.get_by_instance_uuid(
+            self.context, uuids.instance_uuid)
+        dev_uuids = [dev.uuid for dev in devs]
+        self.assertIn(uuids.dev_uuid, dev_uuids)
+        self.assertNotIn(None, dev_uuids)
+
+        # Run the online migration again to see nothing was processed
+        self._assert_online_migration(0, 0)
+
+        # Assert that we assign a uuid to a deleted bdm.
+        self._create_db_dev(self.context, address='c', deleted=True)
+        self._assert_online_migration(1, 1)
+
+        # Test that we don't migrate more than the limit
+        for i in range(0, 3):
+            self._create_db_dev(self.context, address=str(i))
+        self._assert_online_migration(2, 2, limit=2)