diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2
index 5dccb78b97..e9792efbd8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongodb/templates/mongodb.json.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     ],
     "permissions": [
         {
-            "path": "/var/lib/kolla/mongodb",
+            "path": "/var/lib/mongodb",
             "owner": "mongodb:mongodb",
             "recurse": true
         },