diff --git a/bin/nova-console b/bin/nova-console
index 80bd443ec390..011855a1987b 100755
--- a/bin/nova-console
+++ b/bin/nova-console
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.config')
+CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.console.rpcapi')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     config.parse_args(sys.argv)
diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 03deb0b1d107..d9a92c3823c5 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ CONF.register_opts(interval_opts)
 CONF.register_opts(timeout_opts)
 CONF.register_opts(running_deleted_opts)
 CONF.import_opt('allow_resize_to_same_host', 'nova.compute.api')
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.config')
+CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.console.rpcapi')
 CONF.import_opt('host', 'nova.config')
 CONF.import_opt('my_ip', 'nova.config')
 CONF.import_opt('network_manager', 'nova.config')
diff --git a/nova/config.py b/nova/config.py
index fd3d0cc66846..bbea5ef8346a 100644
--- a/nova/config.py
+++ b/nova/config.py
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ global_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('compute_topic',
                default='compute',
                help='the topic compute nodes listen on'),
-    cfg.StrOpt('console_topic',
-               default='console',
-               help='the topic console proxy nodes listen on'),
     cfg.StrOpt('scheduler_topic',
                default='scheduler',
                help='the topic scheduler nodes listen on'),
diff --git a/nova/console/api.py b/nova/console/api.py
index cad1999beac8..57c5cb0e3e8d 100644
--- a/nova/console/api.py
+++ b/nova/console/api.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from nova.openstack.common import rpc
 from nova.openstack.common import uuidutils
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.config')
+CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.console.rpcapi')
 
 
 class API(base.Base):
diff --git a/nova/console/rpcapi.py b/nova/console/rpcapi.py
index 15a3b46ec75d..5a91a81cb484 100644
--- a/nova/console/rpcapi.py
+++ b/nova/console/rpcapi.py
@@ -21,8 +21,14 @@ Client side of the console RPC API.
 from nova.openstack.common import cfg
 import nova.openstack.common.rpc.proxy
 
+rpcapi_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('console_topic',
+               default='console',
+               help='the topic console proxy nodes listen on'),
+]
+
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.config')
+CONF.register_opts(rpcapi_opts)
 
 
 class ConsoleAPI(nova.openstack.common.rpc.proxy.RpcProxy):
diff --git a/nova/tests/console/test_rpcapi.py b/nova/tests/console/test_rpcapi.py
index 6e9417ada407..8d9d0514fa77 100644
--- a/nova/tests/console/test_rpcapi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/console/test_rpcapi.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from nova.openstack.common import rpc
 from nova import test
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.config')
 
 
 class ConsoleRpcAPITestCase(test.TestCase):