diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 53b135f08c..ac3972171b 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
   - pkgs
 
 - name: make dir for grokmirror manifest
-  file: /srv/git/grokmirror state=directory owner=root group=packager mode=2775
+  file: path=/srv/git/grokmirror state=directory owner=root group=packager mode=2775
   tags:
   - grokmirror
   - pkgs