diff --git a/src/ceph-daemon/ceph-daemon b/src/ceph-daemon/ceph-daemon
index 9164fe38838..f4dafd264a8 100755
--- a/src/ceph-daemon/ceph-daemon
+++ b/src/ceph-daemon/ceph-daemon
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ def command_ceph_volume():
     if args.fsid:
         make_log_dir(args.fsid)
 
-    (uid, gid) = extract_uid_gid()
+    (uid, gid) = (0, 0) # ceph-volume runs as root
     mounts = get_container_mounts(args.fsid, 'osd', None)
 
     tmp_config = None