diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index f9c99bf211..489ce2e60c 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 - name: create logical volume for ephemeral storage
   lvol: vg=vg_guests lv=nova size=100%FREE
 - filesystem: fstype=ext4 dev=/dev/mapper/vg_guests-nova
-- mount: name=/var/lib/nova src=/dev/mapper/vg_guests-nova fstype=ext4 state=present
+- mount: name=/var/lib/nova src=/dev/mapper/vg_guests-nova fstype=ext4 state=mounted
 - file: path=/var/lib/nova/{{item}} owner=nova group=nova mode=0644 state=directory
   with_items:
   - buckets