diff --git a/controllers/k8ssandra/cassandra_metrics_agent_test.go b/controllers/k8ssandra/cassandra_metrics_agent_test.go
index c59b0629d..aa6dd7e8e 100644
--- a/controllers/k8ssandra/cassandra_metrics_agent_test.go
+++ b/controllers/k8ssandra/cassandra_metrics_agent_test.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package k8ssandra
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/pkg/cassandra"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"testing"
 
 	cassdcapi "github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/apis/cassandra/v1beta1"
 	api "github.com/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator/apis/k8ssandra/v1alpha1"
diff --git a/pkg/telemetry/cassandra_agent/cassandra_agent_config.go b/pkg/telemetry/cassandra_agent/cassandra_agent_config.go
index e3580203d..230fafdc9 100644
--- a/pkg/telemetry/cassandra_agent/cassandra_agent_config.go
+++ b/pkg/telemetry/cassandra_agent/cassandra_agent_config.go
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ func (c Configurator) AddStsVolumes(dc *cassdcapi.CassandraDatacenter) error {
 			func(c *corev1.Container) {
 				vm := corev1.VolumeMount{
 					Name:      "metrics-agent-config",
-					MountPath: filepath.Base(filepath.Dir(agentConfigLocation)),
+					MountPath: agentConfigLocation,
+					SubPath:   filepath.Base(agentConfigLocation),
 				}
 				c.VolumeMounts = append(c.VolumeMounts, vm)
 			})