diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
index da15523a7e..b355ff774c 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - set_fact:
     ping_user: copr-ping
     ping_scriptdir: /home/copr-ping
-    ping_log: /var/tmp/copr-ping.log
+    ping_log: /var/log/copr-ping.log
     ping_script: copr-ping-script.sh
   tags: copr_ping