diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index 0123d0ca65..6745eb5558 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   - python-novaclient
   - openstack-utils
 - name: Set up db connection to controller
-  action: ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=database option=connection value=mysql://nova:{{NOVA_DBPASS}}@{{controller_private_ip}}/nova
+  ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=database option=connection value=mysql://nova:{{NOVA_DBPASS}}@{{controller_private_ip}}/nova
 - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=auth_strategy value=keystone
 - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=keystone_authtoken option=auth_uri value=http://{{controller_private_ip}}:5000
 - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=keystone_authtoken option=auth_host value={{controller_private_ip}}