diff --git a/tasks/neutron_post_install.yml b/tasks/neutron_post_install.yml
index 01e75694..59cf70ae 100644
--- a/tasks/neutron_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/neutron_post_install.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@
   notify:
     - Restart neutron services
 
+- name: Place api-paste.ini to the correct path in RedHat
+  file:
+    src: "/usr/share/neutron/api-paste.ini"
+    dest: "{{ neutron_conf_dir }}/api-paste.ini"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "{{ neutron_system_group_name }}"
+    mode: "0640"
+    state: link
+  when: neutron_install_method == 'distro' and ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+
 - name: Preserve original configuration file(s)
   command: "cp {{ item.target_f }} {{ item.target_f }}.original"
   args:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index bd3b72a0..c431bd76 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ neutron_role_project_group: neutron_all
 
 neutron_core_files:
   - tmp_f: "/tmp/api-paste.ini.original"
-    target_f: "{{ (neutron_install_method == 'distro' and ansible_os_family == 'RedHat') | ternary('/usr/share/neutron', neutron_conf_dir) }}/api-paste.ini"
+    target_f: "{{ neutron_conf_dir }}/api-paste.ini"
     config_overrides: "{{ _neutron_api_paste_ini_overrides | combine(neutron_api_paste_ini_overrides, recursive=True) }}"
     config_type: "ini"
   - tmp_f: "/tmp/rootwrap.conf.original"