diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova-cell-bootstrap.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova-cell-bootstrap.json.j2
index f286f00a08..db993edd57 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova-cell-bootstrap.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova-cell/templates/nova-cell-bootstrap.json.j2
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/log/kolla/nova",
-            "owner": "nova:nova"
+            "owner": "nova:nova",
+            "recurse": true
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-api-bootstrap.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-api-bootstrap.json.j2
index f286f00a08..db993edd57 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-api-bootstrap.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova-api-bootstrap.json.j2
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/log/kolla/nova",
-            "owner": "nova:nova"
+            "owner": "nova:nova",
+            "recurse": true
         }
     ]
 }