diff --git a/ansible/roles/vitrage/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/vitrage/tasks/precheck.yml
index f1d508768c..953880ff56 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/vitrage/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/vitrage/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups['vitrage-api']
 
 - name: Checking custom prometheus_conf.yaml exists
-  local_action: stat_path="{{ node_custom_config }}/vitrage/prometheus_conf.yaml"
+  local_action: stat path="{{ node_custom_config }}/vitrage/prometheus_conf.yaml"
   register: result
   run_once: true
   failed_when: not result.stat.exists