diff --git a/ceilometermiddleware/swift.py b/ceilometermiddleware/swift.py
index 7049c09..5cf2b0f 100644
--- a/ceilometermiddleware/swift.py
+++ b/ceilometermiddleware/swift.py
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ class Swift(object):
         oslo_messaging.set_transport_defaults(conf.get('control_exchange',
                                                        'swift'))
         self._notifier = oslo_messaging.Notifier(
-            oslo_messaging.get_transport(cfg.CONF, url=conf.get('url')),
+            oslo_messaging.get_notification_transport(cfg.CONF,
+                                                      url=conf.get('url')),
             publisher_id='ceilometermiddleware',
             driver=conf.get('driver', 'messagingv2'),
             topics=[conf.get('topic', 'notifications')])
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1679196-ab9d6bb2134120e0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1679196-ab9d6bb2134120e0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..052d17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1679196-ab9d6bb2134120e0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Corrects retrieval of (notification) transport_url for oslo.messaging.
+    Issue would occur when oslo.messaging RPC and Notification backends were
+    separated.