diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs_script.yml b/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs_script.yml
index c1dfeb394..011575358 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs_script.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/secrets/tasks/gen_certs_script.yml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
   file:
     path: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}"
     group: "{{ kube_cert_group }}"
+    state: directory
     owner: kube
     mode: "u=rwX,g-rwx,o-rwx"
     recurse: yes