diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/config.yml
index ff0a522fa0..0ba4ad34b5 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/config.yml
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-compute/config.json"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['compute']
 
-- name: Copying over config(s)
-  template:
-    src: "libvirtd.conf.j2"
-    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-libvirt/libvirtd.conf"
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['compute']
-
 - include: ../../config.yml
   vars:
     service_name: "nova-novncproxy"
@@ -167,6 +161,12 @@
     state: "directory"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['compute']
 
+- name: Copying over config(s)
+  template:
+    src: "libvirtd.conf.j2"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-libvirt/libvirtd.conf"
+  when: inventory_hostname in groups['compute']
+
 - name: Copying Nova Libvirt JSON configuration file
   template:
     src: "roles/nova/templates/nova-libvirt.json.j2"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-libvirt.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-libvirt.json.j2
index ee0aac1c6e..598cc9f64e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-libvirt.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-libvirt.json.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "command": "/usr/sbin/libvirtd --listen",
     "config_files": [
         {
-            "source": "/opt/kolla/config_files/libvirt.conf",
+            "source": "/opt/kolla/config_files/libvirtd.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf",
             "owner": "root",
             "perm": "0600"