diff --git a/haproxy/tasks/main.yml b/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
index 53031c45..4ef1c9bd 100644
--- a/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
     src: "{{ item }}"
     dest: /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
     force: yes
+    validate: "haproxy -c -f %s"
   with_first_found:
   - "templates/haproxy/haproxy.{{ inventory_hostname }}.cfg.j2"
   - "templates/haproxy/haproxy.{{ host_group }}.cfg.j2"
   - "templates/haproxy/haproxy.default.cfg.j2"
   - "haproxy.default.cfg.j2"
-  validate: "haproxy -c -f %s"
   notify: reload haproxy
   tags:
   - haproxy