diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 1a80dece20..f7349ea5d1 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 
 - name: get owner for results dir
   stat: path=/var/lib/copr/public_html
+  check_mode: no
   register: copr_results_dir_st
 
 - name: change owner for results dir if it isn't copr