diff --git a/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
index 44cb4fdd3d..6337c94e23 100644
--- a/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/odcs/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 
 - name: copy the odcs-backend.conf tmpfiles.d file.
   copy:
-    src: "{{ roles_path }}/odcs/base/files/etc/tmpfiles.d/odcs-backend.conf"
+    src: "{{ roles_path }}/odcs/base/files/tmpfiles.d/odcs-backend.conf"
     dest: /etc/tmpfiles.d/odcs-backend.conf
     owner: odcs
     group: fedmsg