diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 883ea02040..d15898f1c3 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
   - base
 
 - name: iptables
-  template: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/sysconfig/iptables mode=0600 validate="/sbin/iptables-restore --text %s"
+  template: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/sysconfig/iptables mode=0600 validate="/sbin/iptables-restore --test %s"
   with_first_found:
    - iptables/iptables.{{ datacenter }}
    - iptables/iptables.{{ inventory_hostname }}