diff --git a/bin/nova-cert b/bin/nova-cert
index 8488d09e..113b0651 100755
--- a/bin/nova-cert
+++ b/bin/nova-cert
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from nova import service
 from nova import utils
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('cert_topic', 'nova.config')
+CONF.import_opt('cert_topic', 'nova.cert.rpcapi')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     config.parse_args(sys.argv)