diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
index e5e797c97d..36b9b08f99 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
     src: "conf/format/{{ item }}.conf.j2"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/fluentd/format/{{ item }}.conf"
     mode: "0660"
-  register: fluentd_format
   become: true
+  register: fluentd_format
   with_items:
     - "apache_access"
     - "wsgi_access"