diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 81ab2c3c..3e5c2f15 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -459,5 +459,3 @@ ovs_dpdk_pmd_cpu_mask: 2
 ovs_dpdk_socket_mem: "1024"
 ovs_dpdk_nr_1g_pages: 0
 ovs_dpdk_nr_2m_pages: 0
-# (NOTE) (or "libvirtd", depending on your version of libvirt)
-vhost_socket_directory_group: "libvirt"
diff --git a/tasks/providers/setup_ovs_dpdk.yml b/tasks/providers/setup_ovs_dpdk.yml
index 7a23ac47..672d4693 100644
--- a/tasks/providers/setup_ovs_dpdk.yml
+++ b/tasks/providers/setup_ovs_dpdk.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   file:
     path: /var/lib/vhost_socket
     state: directory
-    owner: libvirt-qemu
+    owner: "{{ vhost_socket_directory_owner }}"
     group: "{{ vhost_socket_directory_group }}"
     mode: "0755"
   when:
diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
index 698c3596..8cfdad4a 100644
--- a/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ neutron_ovs_dpdk_required_packages:
 
 dpdk_service_name: dpdk
 
+vhost_socket_directory_group: "libvirt"
+vhost_socket_directory_owner: "libvirt-qemu"
+
 ## APT Cache options
 cache_timeout: 600
 
diff --git a/vars/redhat.yml b/vars/redhat.yml
index 9ec51303..c27e95ef 100644
--- a/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ neutron_repos:
 neutron_ovs_distro_packages:
   - openvswitch
 
+dpdk_service_name: openvswitch
+
+vhost_socket_directory_group: hugetlbfs
+vhost_socket_directory_owner: qemu
+
 neutron_ovs_service_name: openvswitch
 
 neutron_ovn_northd_service_name: ovn-northd