diff --git a/files/copy b/files/copy
index c1da485751c..837cf1bce42 100644
--- a/files/copy
+++ b/files/copy
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def main():
                (rc,out,err) = module.run_command(validate % src)
                if rc != 0:
                  module.fail_json(msg="failed to validate: rc:%s error:%s" % (rc,err))
-            module.atomic_move(src, dest):
+            module.atomic_move(src, dest)
         except IOError:
             module.fail_json(msg="failed to copy: %s to %s" % (src, dest))
         changed = True