diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py
index e18ecad2286e..8605bddfacca 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/ironic/test_driver.py
@@ -3488,17 +3488,28 @@ class HashRingTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(SENTINEL, self.driver.hash_ring)
         self.mock_is_up.assert_has_calls(is_up_calls)
 
+    def test__refresh_hash_ring_same_host_different_case(self):
+        # Test that we treat Host1 and host1 as the same host
+        # CONF.host is set to 'host1' in __test_refresh_hash_ring
+        services = ['Host1']
+        expected_hosts = {'host1'}
+        self.mock_is_up.return_value = True
+        self._test__refresh_hash_ring(services, expected_hosts)
+
     def test__refresh_hash_ring_one_compute(self):
         services = ['host1']
         expected_hosts = {'host1'}
         self.mock_is_up.return_value = True
         self._test__refresh_hash_ring(services, expected_hosts)
 
-    def test__refresh_hash_ring_many_computes(self):
+    @mock.patch('nova.virt.ironic.driver.LOG.debug')
+    def test__refresh_hash_ring_many_computes(self, mock_log_debug):
         services = ['host1', 'host2', 'host3']
         expected_hosts = {'host1', 'host2', 'host3'}
         self.mock_is_up.return_value = True
         self._test__refresh_hash_ring(services, expected_hosts)
+        expected_msg = 'Hash ring members are %s'
+        mock_log_debug.assert_called_once_with(expected_msg, set(services))
 
     def test__refresh_hash_ring_one_compute_new_compute(self):
         services = []
@@ -3553,6 +3564,26 @@ class NodeCacheTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
                                            limit=0)
         self.assertIsNotNone(self.driver.node_cache_time)
 
+    def test__refresh_cache_same_host_different_case(self):
+        # Test that we treat Host1 and host1 as the same host
+        self.host = 'Host1'
+        self.flags(host=self.host)
+        instances = []
+        nodes = [
+            _get_cached_node(
+                uuid=uuidutils.generate_uuid(), instance_uuid=None),
+            _get_cached_node(
+                uuid=uuidutils.generate_uuid(), instance_uuid=None),
+            _get_cached_node(
+                uuid=uuidutils.generate_uuid(), instance_uuid=None),
+        ]
+        hosts = ['host1', 'host1', 'host1']
+
+        self._test__refresh_cache(instances, nodes, hosts)
+
+        expected_cache = {n.uuid: n for n in nodes}
+        self.assertEqual(expected_cache, self.driver.node_cache)
+
     def test__refresh_cache(self):
         # normal operation, one compute service
         instances = []
diff --git a/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py b/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
index e6558547130c..16dc86c61abc 100644
--- a/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
@@ -694,14 +694,15 @@ class IronicDriver(virt_driver.ComputeDriver):
         for svc in service_list:
             is_up = self.servicegroup_api.service_is_up(svc)
             if is_up:
-                services.add(svc.host)
+                services.add(svc.host.lower())
         # NOTE(jroll): always make sure this service is in the list, because
         # only services that have something registered in the compute_nodes
         # table will be here so far, and we might be brand new.
-        services.add(CONF.host)
+        services.add(CONF.host.lower())
 
         self.hash_ring = hash_ring.HashRing(services,
                                             partitions=_HASH_RING_PARTITIONS)
+        LOG.debug('Hash ring members are %s', services)
 
     def _refresh_cache(self):
         # NOTE(lucasagomes): limit == 0 is an indicator to continue
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ class IronicDriver(virt_driver.ComputeDriver):
             # nova while the service was down, and not yet reaped, will not be
             # reported until the periodic task cleans it up.
             elif (node.instance_uuid is None and
-                  CONF.host in
+                  CONF.host.lower() in
                   self.hash_ring.get_nodes(node.uuid.encode('utf-8'))):
                 node_cache[node.uuid] = node