diff --git a/common/host-container-puppet-tasks.yaml b/common/host-container-puppet-tasks.yaml
index 1737818038..fc569d7f8e 100644
--- a/common/host-container-puppet-tasks.yaml
+++ b/common/host-container-puppet-tasks.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
   no_log: True
   copy:
     content: "{{lookup ('vars', 'host_container_puppet_tasks_' ~ step, default=[]) | to_nice_json}}"
-    dest: "/var/lib/container-puppet/container-puppet-tasks{{step}}.json"
+    dest: "/var/lib/container-puppet/{{ ansible_check_mode | bool | ternary('check-mode/', '') }}container-puppet-tasks{{step}}.json"
     force: yes
     mode: '0600'
+  check_mode: no
   tags:
     - container_config_tasks