diff --git a/oslo_config/cfg.py b/oslo_config/cfg.py
index cbdcdfae..662afa6b 100644
--- a/oslo_config/cfg.py
+++ b/oslo_config/cfg.py
@@ -656,8 +656,8 @@ def _get_config_dirs(project=None):
     If a project is specified and installed from a snap package, following
     directories are also returned:
 
-      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
       ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}
+      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
 
     Otherwise, if project is not specified, these directories are returned:
 
@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@ def _get_config_dirs(project=None):
         _fixpath('~'),
         os.path.join('/etc', project) if project else None,
         '/etc',
-        os.path.join(snap, "etc", project) if snap and project else None,
         os.path.join(snap_c, "etc", project) if snap_c and project else None,
+        os.path.join(snap, "etc", project) if snap and project else None,
     ]
     return [x for x in cfg_dirs if x]
 
@@ -724,8 +724,8 @@ def find_config_files(project=None, prog=None, extension='.conf'):
       ~/
       /etc/${project}/
       /etc/
-      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
       ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}
+      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
 
     We return an absolute path for (at most) one of each the default config
     files, for the topmost directory it exists in.
@@ -756,8 +756,8 @@ def find_config_dirs(project=None, prog=None, extension='.conf.d'):
       ~/
       /etc/${project}/
       /etc/
-      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
       ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}
+      ${SNAP}/etc/${project}
 
     We return an absolute path for each of the two config dirs,
     in the first place we find it (iff we find it).
diff --git a/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py b/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py
index 67d9c434..4e7f58c4 100644
--- a/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py
+++ b/oslo_config/tests/test_cfg.py
@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ class FindConfigFilesTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_files(project='blaa'), config_files)
 
     def test_find_config_files_snap(self):
-        config_files = ['/snap/nova/current/etc/blaa/blaa.conf']
+        config_files = ['/snap/nova/current/etc/blaa/blaa.conf',
+                        '/var/snap/nova/common/etc/blaa/blaa.conf']
         fake_env = {'SNAP': '/snap/nova/current/',
                     'SNAP_COMMON': '/var/snap/nova/common/'}
 
@@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ class FindConfigFilesTestCase(BaseTestCase):
                         lambda p: p in config_files))
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('os.environ', fake_env))
 
-        self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_files(project='blaa'), config_files)
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.find_config_files(project='blaa'),
+                         ['/var/snap/nova/common/etc/blaa/blaa.conf'])
 
     def test_find_config_files_with_extension(self):
         config_files = ['/etc/foo.json']