diff --git a/elements/nova/os-apply-config/etc/nova/nova.conf b/elements/nova/os-apply-config/etc/nova/nova.conf
index 6cb0273d7..ad514cb74 100644
--- a/elements/nova/os-apply-config/etc/nova/nova.conf
+++ b/elements/nova/os-apply-config/etc/nova/nova.conf
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ volume_api_class=nova.volume.cinder.API
 {{#rabbit}}
 rabbit_host={{host}}
 rabbit_password={{password}}
-rpc_backend=nova.rpc.impl_kombu
+rpc_backend=nova.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu
 {{/rabbit}}
 
 {{#qpid}}
 qpid_hostname={{host}}
 qpid_username={{username}}
 qpid_password={{password}}
-rpc_backend=nova.rpc.impl_qpid
+rpc_backend=nova.openstack.common.rpc.impl_qpid
 {{/qpid}}
 
 enabled_apis = ec2,osapi_compute,metadata,openstack_compute_api_v2