diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 429d0977b7..9382bbf3ad 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@
   - mirrorlist_proxy
 
 - name: Deploy mirrorlist data files (if this is a initial install)
-  command: "rsync -az --delete-delay --delay-updates --delete /var/lib/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_cache.pkl /var/lib/mirrormanager/global_netblocks.txt /var/lib/mirrormanager/i2_netblocks.txt {{ inventory_hostname }}:/srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/ creates=/srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/mirrorlist_cache.pkl"
+  command: "rsync -az --delete-delay --delay-updates --delete /var/lib/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_cache.pkl /var/lib/mirrormanager/global_netblocks.txt /var/lib/mirrormanager/i2_netblocks.txt {{ inventory_hostname }}:/srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/"
+  args:
+    creates: /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/mirrorlist_cache.pkl
   become: yes
   become_user: mirrormanager
   delegate_to: "mm-backend01.phx2.fedoraproject.org"