diff --git a/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py b/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py
index 9b79bf057..0952fe85f 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py
@@ -588,8 +588,7 @@ class BaseImageUploader(object):
             else:
                 raise OSError('Log output is not a file.')
         except (AttributeError, OSError):
-            tmp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
-            log_f = os.path.join(tmp_dir, log_name)
+            log_f = os.path.join('/var/log', log_name)
         try:
             LOG.info('Ansible action starting')
             ansible.AnsiblePlaybookAction(
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_image_uploader.py b/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_image_uploader.py
index fa211a2d0..0caa59959 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_image_uploader.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/image/test_image_uploader.py
@@ -1311,8 +1311,8 @@ class TestSkopeoImageUploader(base.TestCase):
             override_ansible_cfg=(
                 "[defaults]\n"
                 "stdout_callback=tripleo_dense\n"
-                "log_path=%s/tripleo-container-image-prepare-ansible.log\n"
-                % os.path.dirname(logfile.name)
+                "log_path="
+                "/var/log/tripleo-container-image-prepare-ansible.log\n"
             )
         )