diff --git a/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml
index dee0b66569..02eb5cc4b7 100644
--- a/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ outputs:
             mode: 0700
         - name: copy tripleo-admin private key to /var/lib/mistral/.ssh
           copy:
+            remote_src: yes
             src: /home/{{ tripleo_admin_user }}/.ssh/id_rsa
             dest: /var/lib/mistral/.ssh/{{ tripleo_admin_user }}-rsa
             mode: 0600