diff --git a/ceilometer/ipmi/pollsters/node.py b/ceilometer/ipmi/pollsters/node.py
index cc833eba..63b97371 100644
--- a/ceilometer/ipmi/pollsters/node.py
+++ b/ceilometer/ipmi/pollsters/node.py
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ class _Base(plugin_base.PollsterBase):
 
 
 class InletTemperaturePollster(_Base):
-    NAME = "hardware.ipmi.node.inlet_temperature"
+    # Note(ildikov): The new meter name should be
+    # "hardware.ipmi.node.inlet_temperature". As currently there
+    # is no meter deprecation support in the code, we should use the
+    # old name in order to avoid confusion.
+    NAME = "hardware.ipmi.node.temperature"
     TYPE = sample.TYPE_GAUGE
     UNIT = "C"
 
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/agent/test_manager.py b/ceilometer/tests/agent/test_manager.py
index 767d453f..ff928ae1 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/agent/test_manager.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/agent/test_manager.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class TestManager(base.BaseTestCase):
 
         err_msg = 'Skip loading extension for hardware.ipmi.node.%s'
         pollster_names = [
-            'power', 'inlet_temperature', 'outlet_temperature',
+            'power', 'temperature', 'outlet_temperature',
             'airflow', 'cups', 'cpu_util', 'mem_util', 'io_util']
         calls = [mock.call(err_msg % n) for n in pollster_names]
         LOG.error.assert_has_calls(calls=calls,
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 16cce4a9..5c18a062 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ ceilometer.poll.compute =
 
 ceilometer.poll.ipmi =
     hardware.ipmi.node.power = ceilometer.ipmi.pollsters.node:PowerPollster
-    hardware.ipmi.node.inlet_temperature = ceilometer.ipmi.pollsters.node:InletTemperaturePollster
+    hardware.ipmi.node.temperature = ceilometer.ipmi.pollsters.node:InletTemperaturePollster
     hardware.ipmi.node.outlet_temperature = ceilometer.ipmi.pollsters.node:OutletTemperaturePollster
     hardware.ipmi.node.airflow = ceilometer.ipmi.pollsters.node:AirflowPollster
     hardware.ipmi.node.cups = ceilometer.ipmi.pollsters.node:CUPSIndexPollster