diff --git a/roles/watchdog/tasks/main.yml b/roles/watchdog/tasks/main.yml
index f22619e5eb..769906ce52 100644
--- a/roles/watchdog/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/watchdog/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   - watchdog
 
 - name: watchdog device configuration
-  copy: src=watchdog-device dest=/etc/waatchdog.d/watchdog-device owner=root group=root mode=644
+  copy: src=watchdog-device dest=/etc/watchdog.d/watchdog-device owner=root group=root mode=644
   tags:
   - config
   - watchdog