diff --git a/ironic/Chart.yaml b/ironic/Chart.yaml
index 02b37605aa..90c188cff8 100644
--- a/ironic/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ironic/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Ironic
 name: ironic
-version: 0.2.20
+version: 0.2.21
 home: https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/
 icon: https://www.openstack.org/themes/openstack/images/project-mascots/Ironic/OpenStack_Project_Ironic_vertical.png
 sources:
diff --git a/ironic/templates/bin/_ironic-conductor-init.sh.tpl b/ironic/templates/bin/_ironic-conductor-init.sh.tpl
index 54b5ad96a0..dbec2a0864 100644
--- a/ironic/templates/bin/_ironic-conductor-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ironic/templates/bin/_ironic-conductor-init.sh.tpl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [ "x" == "x${PXE_IP}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # ensure the tempdir exists, read it from the config
-ironictmpdir=$(python -c 'from configparser import ConfigParser;cfg = ConfigParser();cfg.read("ironic.conf");print(cfg.get("DEFAULT", "tempdir", fallback=""))')
+ironictmpdir=$(python -c 'from configparser import ConfigParser;cfg = ConfigParser();cfg.read("/etc/ironic/ironic.conf");print(cfg.get("DEFAULT", "tempdir", fallback=""))')
 if [ -n "${ironictmpdir}" -a ! -d "${ironictmpdir}" ]; then
   mkdir -p "${ironictmpdir}"
   chmod 1777 "${ironictmpdir}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml
index dc3679ffdc..591e3a6ca2 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ironic.yaml
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ ironic:
   - 0.2.18 Use service tokens
   - 0.2.19 Allow extra containers for the conductor
   - 0.2.20 ensure tempdir is set to a reasonable default
+  - 0.2.21 fix path to ironic.conf for 0.2.20's tempdir setting
 ...