diff --git a/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
index 5b04624078..c7ff1cab46 100644
--- a/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         opts={{nfs_mount_opts}}
         passno=0 
         dump=0
-        state=unmounted
+        state=absent
   when: datacenter == 'phx2'
   tags:
   - nfs/client
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         opts={{nfs_mount_opts}}
         passno=0 
         dump=0
-        state=unmounted
+        state=absent
   when: datacenter == 'rdu'
   tags:
   - nfs/client