diff --git a/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2 b/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2
index 0d1c97393..2948a793c 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ fsid = {{ fsid }}
 {% if common_single_host_mode is defined and common_single_host_mode %}
 osd crush chooseleaf type = 0
 {% endif %}
+{% if ceph_version not in ['jewel', 'kraken', 'luminous'] and containerized_deployment %}
+# let's force the admin socket the way it was so we can properly check for existing instances
+# also the line $cluster-$name.$pid.$cctid.asok is only needed when running multiple instances
+# of the same daemon, thing ceph-ansible cannot do at the time of writing
+admin socket = "$run_dir/$cluster-$name.asok"
+{% endif %}
 {# NOTE (leseb): the blank lines in-between are needed otherwise we won't get any line break #}
 
 {% set nb_mon = groups.get(mon_group_name, []) | length | int %}