diff --git a/templates/nova.conf b/templates/nova.conf
index d7c576a79..c4f99d851 100644
--- a/templates/nova.conf
+++ b/templates/nova.conf
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ enabled = False
 enabled = True
 {{if (index . "MemcachedServers")}}
 # on contoler we prefer to use memcache when its deployed
-backend = oslo_cache.memcache_pool
+backend = dogpile.cache.pymemcache
 memcache_servers={{ .MemcachedServers }}
 tls_enabled={{ .MemcachedTLS }}
 {{else}}