diff --git a/test/integration/targets/subversion/roles/subversion/tasks/setup.yml b/test/integration/targets/subversion/roles/subversion/tasks/setup.yml
index cab9151ace6..54f68340864 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/subversion/roles/subversion/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/subversion/roles/subversion/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@
     chdir: '{{ subversion_server_dir }}'
     creates: '{{ subversion_server_dir }}/{{ subversion_repo_name }}'
 
-- name: apply ownership for all SVN directories
-  file:
-    path: '{{ subversion_server_dir }}'
-    owner: '{{ apache_user }}'
-    group: '{{ apache_group }}'
-    recurse: True
-
 - name: add test user to htpasswd for Subversion site
   htpasswd:
     path: '{{ subversion_server_dir }}/svn-auth-users'
@@ -58,6 +51,13 @@
     password: '{{ subversion_password }}'
     state: present
 
+- name: apply ownership for all SVN directories
+  file:
+    path: '{{ subversion_server_dir }}'
+    owner: '{{ apache_user }}'
+    group: '{{ apache_group }}'
+    recurse: True
+
 - name: start test Apache SVN site - non Red Hat
   command: apachectl -k start -f {{ subversion_server_dir }}/subversion.conf
   when: ansible_os_family not in ['RedHat', 'Alpine']