diff --git ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml
index 53b0f1e51..4ca0f51ba 100644
--- ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml
+++ ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/config.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
     src: "{{ kolla_external_fqdn_cert }}"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/haproxy/{{ item }}"
     mode: "0660"
+    remote_src: yes
   become: true
   when:
     - kolla_enable_tls_external | bool