diff --git a/roles/totpcgi/tasks/main.yml b/roles/totpcgi/tasks/main.yml
index 4f0744f370..7377d88fed 100644
--- a/roles/totpcgi/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/totpcgi/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   - restart apache
 
 - name: create directories
-  file: path=/etc/{{ item.path }} state=directory owner=root group=totpcgi mode=750
+  file: path=/etc/{{ item }} state=directory owner=root group=totpcgi mode=750
   with_items:
   - pki/totpcgi
   - totpcgi