diff --git a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
index 5bea3fe279..5cb17eb506 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
   service: name=mariadb enabled=yes state=started
 
 - name: set mariaddb root user password
+  no_log: True
   mysql_user: 
-    no_log: True
     name: root
     password: "{{ mariadb_root_password }}"
     login_unix_socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock