diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml
index 6483bb4ccb..72add6a979 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   # a creates attribute on this task. However, subsequent runs of this
   # command seem to noop if the entries are already present so the impact
   # is low.
-  command: git config --global safe.directory '{{ ansible_role_src_root }}/src/opendev.org/opendev/ansible-role-{{ ansible_role }}'
+  command: git config --global safe.directory '{{ ansible_role_src_root }}/src/opendev.org/opendev/ansible-role-{{ ansible_role }}/.git'
   loop: '{{ ansible_roles }}'
   loop_control:
     loop_var: ansible_role