diff --git a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/pre_requisites/prerequisites.yml b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/pre_requisites/prerequisites.yml
index 9e6154978..127e3e265 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/pre_requisites/prerequisites.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/pre_requisites/prerequisites.yml
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 
 - name: ensure tmpfiles.d is present
   lineinfile:
-    path: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ceph-common.conf
-    line: "d /run/ceph 0770 ceph ceph -"
+    path: /etc/tmpfiles.d/ceph-common.conf
+    line: "d /run/ceph 0770 root root -"
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644