diff --git a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 351d7a0e93..26007a5a1d 100644
--- a/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/ironic/ironic-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN ln -s ironic-base-source/* ironic \
     && useradd --user-group ironic \
     && pip --no-cache-dir install -c requirements/upper-constraints.txt /ironic \
     && mkdir -p /etc/ironic /var/log/ironic /home/ironic \
-    && cp -r /ironic/etc/* /etc/ironic/ \
+    && cp -r /ironic/etc/ironic/* /etc/ironic/ \
     && chown -R ironic: /etc/ironic /var/log/ironic /home/ironic
 
 {% endif %}