diff --git a/ansible/roles/octavia/templates/octavia-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/octavia/templates/octavia-api.json.j2
index 42722db413..cb470987e9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/octavia/templates/octavia-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/octavia/templates/octavia-api.json.j2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/log/kolla/octavia",
-            "owner": "octavia:octavia",
+            "owner": "octavia:kolla",
             "recurse": true
         },
         {