diff --git a/playbooks/roles/octavia-controller-config/tasks/certificate.yml b/playbooks/roles/octavia-controller-config/tasks/certificate.yml
index 80791f3d5..10a5d20f3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/octavia-controller-config/tasks/certificate.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/octavia-controller-config/tasks/certificate.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
     become: true
     copy:
       content: "{{ item.content }}"
-      dest: "{{ octavia_confd_prefix }}{{ item.path }}"
+      dest: "{{ octavia_confd_prefix }}/{{ item.path }}"
       selevel: s0
       setype: svirt_sandbox_file_t
     no_log: true
     loop:
-        - { content: private_key_content, path: ca_private_key_path }
-        - { content: ca_cert_content, path: ca_cert_path }
-        - { content: service_pem_content, path: client_cert_path }
+        - { content: "{{ private_key_content }}", path: "{{ ca_private_key_path }}" }
+        - { content: "{{ ca_cert_content }}", path: "{{ ca_cert_path }}" }
+        - { content: "{{ service_pem_content }}" , path: "{{ client_cert_path }}" }
     notify:
       - octavia config updated
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/octavia-fix-certificates-path-and-content-e8acf1e859e75135.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/octavia-fix-certificates-path-and-content-e8acf1e859e75135.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fc897f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/octavia-fix-certificates-path-and-content-e8acf1e859e75135.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed an issue were amphora load balancers would fail to create. The
+    problem was because Octavia certificate files were being created in a wrong
+    path and with invalid content.