diff --git a/qa/tasks/cephadm.py b/qa/tasks/cephadm.py
index 01bf8fe1df7..49cdb359c2f 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/cephadm.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/cephadm.py
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ def ceph_bootstrap(ctx, config):
             path='{}/seed.{}.conf'.format(testdir, cluster_name),
             data=conf_fp.getvalue())
         log.debug('Final config:\n' + conf_fp.getvalue())
+        ctx.ceph[cluster_name].conf = seed_config
 
         # bootstrap
         log.info('Bootstrapping...')