diff --git a/ssl/tasks/haproxy.yml b/ssl/tasks/haproxy.yml
index 4f99fa1d..2ba30ac9 100644
--- a/ssl/tasks/haproxy.yml
+++ b/ssl/tasks/haproxy.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - name: Create haproxy ssl directory
   file:
     dest: /etc/haproxy/ssl
+    state: directory
     mode: "0700"
   tags:
     - ssl