diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 27c94c68f3..9fd85e66db 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ gnocchi_incoming_storage: "{{ 'redis' if enable_redis | bool else '' }}"
 cinder_backend_ceph: "{{ enable_ceph }}"
 cinder_backend_vmwarevc_vmdk: "no"
 cinder_volume_group: "cinder-volumes"
+cinder_iscsi_helper: "tgtadm"
 
 # Valid options are [ nfs, swift, ceph ]
 cinder_backup_driver: "ceph"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
index 4905a66467..e6b3d7c9ee 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/defaults/main.yml
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ cinder_backends:
     enabled: "{{ enable_cinder_backend_zfssa_iscsi | bool }}"
 
 cinder_enabled_backends: "{{ cinder_backends|selectattr('enabled', 'equalto', true)|list }}"
-cinder_iscsi_helper: "tgtadm"
 
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 # Hitachi NAS Platform iSCSI and NFS drivers