diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
index 15e9257dd9..f529f5265b 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   when: deployment_type in ['dev', 'stg']
 
 - name: create /var/log/taskotron for task logfiles
-  file: path=/var/log/taskotron state=directory owner=root group={{ slaves_group }} mode=1775
+  file: src=/var/log/taskotron state=directory owner=root group={{ slaves_group }} mode=1775
   when: deployment_type in ['dev', 'stg']
 
 - name: upload custom selinux policy to allow buildslaves to use qemu-kvm