diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index 441e7afd4..1dd7d3d35 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ def write_default_ansible_cfg(work_dir,
         sio_cfg = StringIO()
         sio_cfg.write(override_ansible_cfg)
         sio_cfg.seek(0)
-        config.readfp(sio_cfg)
+        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+            config.readfp(sio_cfg)
+        else:
+            config.read_file(sio_cfg)
         sio_cfg.close()
 
     with open(ansible_config_path, 'w') as configfile: