diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
index e08b13b3c4..cfda535720 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder.conf.j2
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ iscsi_protocol = iscsi
 {% if enable_ceph | bool and cinder_backend_ceph | bool %}
 [rbd-1]
 volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.rbd.RBDDriver
+volume_backend_name = rbd-1
 rbd_pool = {{ ceph_cinder_pool_name }}
 rbd_ceph_conf = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
 rbd_flatten_volume_from_snapshot = false