diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 096f34c576..b6b3e08d1a 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ function create_nova_conf() {
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT allow_resize_to_same_host "True"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT api_paste_config "$NOVA_API_PASTE_INI"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT rootwrap_config "$NOVA_CONF_DIR/rootwrap.conf"
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT compute_scheduler_driver "$SCHEDULER"
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT scheduler_driver "$SCHEDULER"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT dhcpbridge_flagfile "$NOVA_CONF"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT force_dhcp_release "True"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT fixed_range ""