diff --git a/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/config-neutron-fake.yml b/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/config-neutron-fake.yml
index 3271659412..7051911f00 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/config-neutron-fake.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/config-neutron-fake.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 - name: Copying over neutron.conf
   merge_configs:
+    vars:
+      service_name: "{{ item }}"
     sources:
       - "{{ role_path }}/templates/neutron.conf.j2"
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/config/global.conf"
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@
 
 - name: Copying over ml2_conf.ini
   merge_configs:
+    vars:
+      service_name: "{{ item }}"
     sources:
       - "{{ role_path }}/templates/ml2_conf.ini.j2"
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/config/neutron/ml2_conf.ini"