diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
index 60db9bf3ed..7114a791b7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ common_services:
 #######################
 
 fluentd_elasticsearch_path: ""
-fluentd_elasticsearch_scheme: "http"
+fluentd_elasticsearch_scheme: "{{ internal_protocol }}"
 fluentd_elasticsearch_user: ""
 fluentd_elasticsearch_password: ""
 fluentd_elasticsearch_ssl_version: "TLSv1_2"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-elasticsearch-schema-in-fluentd-32401e37e42c1b4c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-elasticsearch-schema-in-fluentd-32401e37e42c1b4c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a67e2290c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-elasticsearch-schema-in-fluentd-32401e37e42c1b4c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fix elasticsearch schema in fluentd when ``kolla_enable_tls_internal`` is
+    true.