diff --git a/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
index 877c3b1e9f..33fc88646b 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 # create /var/log/collectd as it's on a larger volume
 - name: create /var/log/collectd
-  file: path=/var/log/collectd owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=dir
+  file: path=/var/log/collectd owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=directory
   tags:
   - config
   - collectd/server