diff --git a/manifests/db.pp b/manifests/db.pp
index f7c2cef19..93daec8a3 100644
--- a/manifests/db.pp
+++ b/manifests/db.pp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class nova::db (
     slave_connection        => $slave_connection,
   }
 
-  oslo::db { 'api_database':
+  oslo::db { 'nova_config_api':
     config                  => 'nova_config',
     config_group            => 'api_database',
     connection              => $api_database_connection,
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ class nova::db (
   # all db settings should be applied and all packages should be installed
   # before dbsync starts
   Oslo::Db['nova_config'] -> Anchor['nova::dbsync::begin']
-  Oslo::Db['api_database'] -> Anchor['nova::dbsync::begin']
-  Oslo::Db['api_database'] -> Anchor['nova::dbsync_api::begin']
+  Oslo::Db['nova_config_api'] -> Anchor['nova::dbsync::begin']
+  Oslo::Db['nova_config_api'] -> Anchor['nova::dbsync_api::begin']
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_db_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_db_spec.rb
index b57d698ca..20cac164c 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_db_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_db_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe 'nova::db' do
         :pool_timeout            => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :mysql_enable_ndb        => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
       )}
-      it { should contain_oslo__db('api_database').with(
+      it { should contain_oslo__db('nova_config_api').with(
         :config                  => 'nova_config',
         :config_group            => 'api_database',
         :connection              => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe 'nova::db' do
         :mysql_enable_ndb        => 'true',
       )}
 
-      it { should contain_oslo__db('api_database').with(
+      it { should contain_oslo__db('nova_config_api').with(
         :config                  => 'nova_config',
         :config_group            => 'api_database',
         :connection              => 'mysql+pymysql://user:pass@db/db2',