diff --git a/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml
index 62034c3e49..e98fedfdad 100644
--- a/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/octavia/templates/deployment-api.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ spec:
               subPath: {{ base .Values.conf.octavia.DEFAULT.log_config_append }}
               readOnly: true
             {{- end }}
+{{ if $mounts_octavia_api.volumeMounts }}{{ toYaml $mounts_octavia_api.volumeMounts | indent 12 }}{{ end }}
       volumes:
         - name: pod-etc-octavia
           emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/octavia-c952d2266d5dbd62.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/octavia-c952d2266d5dbd62.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..281689d31f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/octavia-c952d2266d5dbd62.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+octavia:
+  - |
+    Fixes octavia-api custom volume mounts inadvertently removed in
+    https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/openstack-helm/+/953481
+...