diff --git a/ironic/files/pike/ironic.conf b/ironic/files/pike/ironic.conf
index 3f3ff42..e8bceb2 100644
--- a/ironic/files/pike/ironic.conf
+++ b/ironic/files/pike/ironic.conf
@@ -3395,10 +3395,15 @@
 # Deprecated group/name - [oslo_messaging_rabbit]/kombu_ssl_ca_certs
 #ssl_ca_file =
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How long to wait before reconnecting in response to an AMQP
 # consumer cancel notification. (floating point value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/kombu_reconnect_delay
 #kombu_reconnect_delay = 1.0
+kombu_reconnect_delay = 5.0
 
 # EXPERIMENTAL: Possible values are: gzip, bz2. If not set
 # compression will not be used. This option may not be
@@ -3470,14 +3475,24 @@
 # Reason: Replaced by [DEFAULT]/transport_url
 #rabbit_virtual_host = /
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How frequently to retry connecting with RabbitMQ. (integer
 # value)
 #rabbit_retry_interval = 1
+rabbit_retry_interval = 5
 
+# NOTE(pas-ha) default values of below option is problematic with RMQ 3.8,
+# see PROD-34322
+# recreating queues on a secondary broker immediately after primary broker
+# has gone down leads to these queues being non-functional.
 # How long to backoff for between retries when connecting to
 # RabbitMQ. (integer value)
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/rabbit_retry_backoff
 #rabbit_retry_backoff = 2
+rabbit_retry_backoff = 10
 
 # Maximum interval of RabbitMQ connection retries. Default is
 # 30 seconds. (integer value)