diff --git a/roles/ipa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ipa/server/tasks/main.yml
index 1487a194cc..0506160ede 100644
--- a/roles/ipa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ipa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith("ipa01")
 
 - name: Create LDIF directory
-  file: path=/root/ldif state=directory user=root group=root mode=0750
+  file: path=/root/ldif state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0750
   tags:
   - ipa/server
   - config