diff --git a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
index ce3115d5ec..9cb31cfa3e 100644
--- a/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ global
     group haproxy
     daemon
     stats socket /var/run/haproxy-stat user haproxy group nrpe mode 0664
-    stats socket /var/run/haproxy-admin level admin user root group sysadmin-main mode 0660
+    stats socket /var/run/haproxy-admin level admin user root group root mode 0660
     #debug
     #quiet