diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-api.json.j2
index 04b916981e..27825ed506 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-api.json.j2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/lib/cinder",
-            "owner: "cinder:cinder",
+            "owner": "cinder:cinder",
             "recurse": true
         },
         {