diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 3a121f63b62a..45018f5451b2 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -10868,7 +10868,7 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         with test.nested(
                 mock.patch.object(drvr, '_get_console_log_path'),
                 mock.patch.object(fake_libvirt_utils, 'file_open',
-                                  side_effect=IOError(errno.EPERM, 'exc'))
+                                  side_effect=IOError(errno.EACCES, 'exc'))
             ) as (mock_path, mock_open):
             drvr._ensure_console_log_for_instance(mock.ANY)
             mock_path.assert_called_once()
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 9b1cab215169..0d2d0ce708ba 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         # NOTE(sfinucan): We can safely ignore permission issues here and
         # assume that it is libvirt that has taken ownership of this file.
         except IOError as ex:
-            if ex.errno != errno.EPERM:
+            if ex.errno != errno.EACCES:
                 raise
             LOG.debug('Console file already exists: %s.', console_file)