diff --git a/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
index 2b273f40f4..1b7a02449e 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 - name: create the service configuration directory
   file:
     path: /etc/systemd/system/collectd.service.d
-    type: directory
+    state: directory
   tags:
   - config
   - collectd/server