diff --git a/templates/ironic.conf.j2 b/templates/ironic.conf.j2
index 18b6a55f..b06a8d2b 100644
--- a/templates/ironic.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/ironic.conf.j2
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ auth_uri={{ keystone_service_internaluri }}
 # Complete admin Identity API endpoint. This should specify
 # the unversioned root endpoint e.g. https://localhost:35357/
 # (string value)
-identity_uri={{ keystone_service_publicuri }}
+identity_uri={{ keystone_service_internaluri }}
 
 # This option is deprecated and may be removed in a future
 # release. Single shared secret with the Keystone