diff --git a/roles/sudo/tasks/main.yml b/roles/sudo/tasks/main.yml
index d9dbf75686..cabe4b12e8 100644
--- a/roles/sudo/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/sudo/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # This will move a /etc/sudoers.d/ file in place 
 #
 - name: setup /etc/sudoers.d/sudoer file for client use
-  action: copy src={{ item }} dest=/etc/sudoers.d/{{ item |replace('.', '_') }}
+  action: copy src={{ item }} dest=/etc/sudoers.d/{{ item.basename |replace('.', '_') }}
           owner=root group=root mode=0600
   with_first_found:
   - files: