diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py
index 2c2261194c8..8bf927f4d85 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             except IOError, e:
                 hfiles_not_found += 1
                 continue
-            else
+            else:
                 data = host_fh.read()
                 host_fh.close()