diff --git a/roles/nameserver/tasks/configure_bind_snmpd.yml b/roles/nameserver/tasks/configure_bind_snmpd.yml
index c00c6b6..18c3e3d 100644
--- a/roles/nameserver/tasks/configure_bind_snmpd.yml
+++ b/roles/nameserver/tasks/configure_bind_snmpd.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     state: present
     line: '\tstatistics-file "/var/cache/bind/stats";\n\tzone-statistics yes;'
     insertafter: "options {"
-    validate: /usr/sbin/named-checkconf %s
+    validate: "/usr/sbin/named-checkconf %s"
   notify: restart_named
 
 - name: nameserver | snmpd | configure extend