diff --git a/contrib/kvm-setup/roles/kvm-setup/tasks/sysctl.yml b/contrib/kvm-setup/roles/kvm-setup/tasks/sysctl.yml
index 5417708ac..d991b10ac 100644
--- a/contrib/kvm-setup/roles/kvm-setup/tasks/sysctl.yml
+++ b/contrib/kvm-setup/roles/kvm-setup/tasks/sysctl.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   sysctl:
     name: net.ipv4.ip_forward
     value: 1
-    sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.d/ipv4-ip_forward.conf
+    sysctl_file: "{{ sysctl_file_path }}"
     state: present
     reload: yes
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: present
     value: 0
-    sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.d/bridge-nf-call.conf
+    sysctl_file: "{{ sysctl_file_path }}"
     reload: yes
   with_items:
     - net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml
index fb47cc241..b4b8212e0 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml
@@ -116,3 +116,6 @@ no_proxy_exclude_workers: false
 
 ## Check if access_ip responds to ping. Set false if your firewall blocks ICMP.
 # ping_access_ip: true
+
+# sysctl_file_path to add sysctl conf to
+# sysctl_file_path: "/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0080-system-configurations.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0080-system-configurations.yml
index df748bc46..f88944d02 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0080-system-configurations.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/0080-system-configurations.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
   tags:
     - bootstrap-os
 
+- name: Clean previously used sysctl file locations
+  file:
+    path: "/etc/sysctl.d/{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  with_items:
+    - ipv4-ip_forward.conf
+    - bridge-nf-call.conf
+
 - name: Stat sysctl file configuration
   stat:
     path: "{{ sysctl_file_path }}"
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@
 
 - name: Ensure kube-bench parameters are set
   sysctl:
-    sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.d/bridge-nf-call.conf
+    sysctl_file: "{{ sysctl_file_path }}"
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     value: "{{ item.value }}"
     state: present
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
index 128682895..db05a0118 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -660,3 +660,6 @@ proxy_disable_env:
 
 # krew root dir
 krew_root_dir: "/usr/local/krew"
+
+# sysctl_file_path to add sysctl conf to
+sysctl_file_path: "/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf"
diff --git a/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml b/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
index 366921a9a..beaf944a2 100644
--- a/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@
     - /usr/libexec/kubernetes
     - /etc/origin/openvswitch
     - /etc/origin/ovn
+    - "{{ sysctl_file_path }}"
   ignore_errors: true  # noqa ignore-errors
   tags:
     - files