diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/tasks/main.yml
index 63c64cf15d..69e8d0d7d5 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/frontend2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
   - mm2_frontend
   - config
 
+- name: Create mirrormanager user
+  user: name=mirrormanager state=present home=/var/lib/mirrormanager createhome=yes shell=/sbin/nologin
+  tags:
+  - mm2_frontend
+  - config
+
 - name: create /var/log/mirrormanager/crawler
   file: path=/var/log/mirrormanager/crawler state=directory owner=mirrormanager group=mirrormanager mode=0755
   tags:
@@ -72,12 +78,6 @@
   - mm2_frontend
   - config
 
-- name: Create mirrormanager user
-  user: name=mirrormanager state=present home=/var/lib/mirrormanager createhome=yes shell=/sbin/nologin
-  tags:
-  - mm2_frontend
-  - config
-
 - name: install crawler log sync
   template: src=sync-crawler-logs.sh dest=/usr/local/bin/sync-crawler-logs.sh mode=0755
   tags: