diff --git a/lib/quantum b/lib/quantum
index 002d83dbee..7b31323eae 100644
--- a/lib/quantum
+++ b/lib/quantum
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ function _configure_quantum_common() {
     cp $QUANTUM_DIR/$Q_PLUGIN_CONF_FILE /$Q_PLUGIN_CONF_FILE
 
     iniset /$Q_PLUGIN_CONF_FILE DATABASE sql_connection `database_connection_url $Q_DB_NAME`
+    iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT state_path $DATA_DIR/quantum
 
     _quantum_setup_rootwrap
 }
@@ -534,7 +535,6 @@ function _configure_quantum_service() {
 
     iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT verbose True
     iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT debug True
-    iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT state_path $DATA_DIR/quantum
     iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT policy_file $Q_POLICY_FILE
     iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT allow_overlapping_ips $Q_ALLOW_OVERLAPPING_IP