diff --git a/os_brick/initiator/connectors/scaleio.py b/os_brick/initiator/connectors/scaleio.py
index d134e0eff..9d798eb6d 100644
--- a/os_brick/initiator/connectors/scaleio.py
+++ b/os_brick/initiator/connectors/scaleio.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class ScaleIOConnector(base.BaseLinuxConnector):
                                        root_helper=self._root_helper)
             conf = configparser.ConfigParser()
             conf.readfp(six.StringIO(out))
-            return conf[config_group]["san_password"]
+            return conf.get(config_group, "san_password")
         except putils.ProcessExecutionError as e:
             msg = _("Error reading ScaleIO connector "
                     "configuration file: %s") % e.stderr
diff --git a/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_scaleio_get_password.py b/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_scaleio_get_password.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d9aaa5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_scaleio_get_password.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Copyright 2020, Red Hat Inc.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import mock
+import os
+
+from os_brick import exception
+from os_brick.initiator.connectors import scaleio
+from os_brick.tests import base
+
+EXPECTED_SECTION = "scalio_test"
+EXPECTED_PASSWORD = "This is not a good password"
+FAKE_CONF = """
+[DEFAULT]
+san_password = not me
+
+[{}]
+san_password = {}
+
+[section_2]
+san_password = not me either
+""".format(EXPECTED_SECTION, EXPECTED_PASSWORD)
+
+
+class ScaleioGetPasswordTestCase(base.TestCase):
+    """Check the get_connector_password function.
+
+    Launchpad bug #1883654: a change that worked fine in the
+    python 3-only branches broke when run under py2.7 in the stable
+    branches.
+
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(ScaleioGetPasswordTestCase, self).setUp()
+        # The actual ScaleIO connector
+        self.connector = scaleio.ScaleIOConnector('sudo')
+
+    @mock.patch.object(os.path, 'isfile', return_value=False)
+    def test_get_connector_password_bad_filename(self, mock_isfile):
+        self.assertRaises(exception.BrickException,
+                          self.connector._get_connector_password,
+                          EXPECTED_SECTION)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(scaleio.ScaleIOConnector, '_execute')
+    @mock.patch.object(os.path, 'isfile', return_value=True)
+    def test_get_connector_password(self, mock_isfile, mock_execute):
+        mock_execute.return_value = (FAKE_CONF, 0)
+        found_password = self.connector._get_connector_password(
+            EXPECTED_SECTION)
+        self.assertEqual(EXPECTED_PASSWORD, found_password)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1883654-cc069892496bd4a8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1883654-cc069892496bd4a8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a183a1c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1883654-cc069892496bd4a8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+security:
+  - |
+    Dell EMC VxFlex OS driver: This release corrects an issue where the
+    fix for `Bug #1823200 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1823200>`_
+    did not run correctly when using Python 2.7.  If you are interested
+    in this release because of `OSSN-0086
+    <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0086>`_, be aware that
+    you must also deploy a configuration file on compute nodes, cinder
+    nodes, and anywhere you would perform a volume attachment in your
+    deployment.  Please see the release notes for the previous release
+    for details.
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    This release corrects a problem with the fix for `Bug #1823200
+    <https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1823200>`_ in the previous
+    release.  If you are running OpenStack on Python 3, you should not
+    be impacted by this bug.  If you are not using Dell EMC VxFlex OS
+    (ScaleIO) Storage as a backend for Cinder, you do not need to upgrade
+    to this release.
+fixes:
+  - |
+    `Bug #1883654 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/os-brick/+bug/1883654>`_:
+    The fix for `Bug #1823200
+    <https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1823200>`_ in the previous
+    release used a Python 3-specific language feature and thus did not
+    run correctly when used with Python 2.7.  The problem has been corrected
+    in this release.