diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
index 43e7797371..c40427c089 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {
     configure_libvirt
     LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER=${LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER:-"nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver"}
 
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT compute_driver nova.virt.ironic.IronicDriver
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT compute_driver ironic.IronicDriver
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT firewall_driver $LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT scheduler_host_manager ironic_host_manager
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ram_allocation_ratio 1.0