diff --git a/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml b/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
index 3ef559328..a39c73d1a 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-sphinx-tarball/tasks/html.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   unarchive:
     src: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs-html.tar.bz2"
     dest: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/docs"
+    remote_src: true
 
 - name: Return artifact to Zuul
   zuul_return: