diff --git a/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml b/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
index a39c73d1a..5441dd899 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     src: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs-html.tar.bz2"
     dest: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs"
     remote_src: true
+    extra_opts:
+      - "--no-same-owner"
 
 - name: Return artifact to Zuul
   zuul_return: