diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-wsgi.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-wsgi.conf.j2
index 2bbe60807e..fef1abfe50 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-wsgi.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-wsgi.conf.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LogLevel info
     <IfVersion >= 2.4>
       ErrorLogFormat "%{cu}t %M"
     </IfVersion>
-    ErrorLog /var/log/kolla/cinder/cinder-api.log
+    ErrorLog /var/log/kolla/cinder/cinder-api-error.log
     LogFormat "%{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b %D \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" logformat
     CustomLog /var/log/kolla/cinder/cinder-api-access.log logformat
 {% if cinder_enable_tls_backend | bool %}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
index c80ae265de..65bed63b48 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 debug = {{ cinder_logging_debug }}
 
 log_dir = /var/log/kolla/cinder
+{% if service_name == "cinder-api" %}
+log_file = cinder-api.log
+{% endif %}
 use_forwarded_for = true
 
 # Set use_stderr to False or the logs will also be sent to stderr
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-cinder-logging-22fea4739begd6s.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-cinder-logging-22fea4739begd6s.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0364eaeab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-cinder-logging-22fea4739begd6s.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes some configuration issues around Cinder logging. `LP#1916752
+    <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla-ansible/+bug/1916752>`__