diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external-ceph.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external-ceph.yml
index 4aa966a370..5e3749508f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external-ceph.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external-ceph.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   failed_when: not nova_cephx_keyring_file.stat.exists
 
 - name: Check cinder keyring file
-  local_action: state path="{{ node_custom_config }}/nova/ceph.client.cinder.keyring"
+  local_action: stat path="{{ node_custom_config }}/nova/ceph.client.cinder.keyring"
   register: cinder_cephx_keyring_file
   failed_when: not cinder_cephx_keyring_file.stat.exists
   when: cinder_backend_ceph | bool