diff --git a/packaging/flavorgen/flavors/kubevip/topology.go b/packaging/flavorgen/flavors/kubevip/topology.go
index 23667e8e27..d80abc9b44 100644
--- a/packaging/flavorgen/flavors/kubevip/topology.go
+++ b/packaging/flavorgen/flavors/kubevip/topology.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TopologyPatch() clusterv1.ClusterClassPatch {
 		if f.Path == "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-vip.yaml" {
 			lines := []string{
 				fmt.Sprintf("owner: %q", f.Owner),
-				fmt.Sprintf("path: %q", f.Owner),
+				fmt.Sprintf("path: %q", f.Path),
 				`content: {{ printf "%q" (regexReplaceAll "(name: address\n +value:).*" .kubeVipPodManifest (printf "$1 %s" .controlPlaneIpAddr)) }}`,
 				fmt.Sprintf("permissions: %q", f.Permissions),
 			}
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ func TopologyPatch() clusterv1.ClusterClassPatch {
 }
 
 func fileToTemplate(f bootstrapv1.File) (string, error) {
-
 	out, err := yaml.Marshal(f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to wrap file %q", f.Path)
diff --git a/templates/clusterclass-template.yaml b/templates/clusterclass-template.yaml
index b6c59ae6c9..19b16f8f99 100644
--- a/templates/clusterclass-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/clusterclass-template.yaml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ spec:
         valueFrom:
           template: |-
             owner: "root:root"
-            path: "root:root"
+            path: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-vip.yaml"
             content: {{ printf "%q" (regexReplaceAll "(name: address\n +value:).*" .kubeVipPodManifest (printf "$1 %s" .controlPlaneIpAddr)) }}
             permissions: "0644"
       - op: add