diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/synchronize.py b/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/synchronize.py
index d7c9113f28e..c66fcdff3ce 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/synchronize.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/synchronize.py
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ class ActionModule(object):
         if self.runner.noop_on_check(inject):
             module_items += " CHECKMODE=True"
 
-        return self.runner._execute_module(conn, tmp, 'synchronize',
-                module_items, inject=inject)
+        # run the module and store the result
+        result = self.runner._execute_module(conn, tmp, 'synchronize', module_items, inject=inject)
+
+        # reset the sudo property                 
+        self.runner.sudo = self.original_sudo
+
+        return result
 
diff --git a/test/units/TestSynchronize.py b/test/units/TestSynchronize.py
index 7965f2295e7..dfb1a129e5a 100644
--- a/test/units/TestSynchronize.py
+++ b/test/units/TestSynchronize.py
@@ -61,7 +61,35 @@ class TestSynchronize(unittest.TestCase):
 
         assert runner.executed_inject['delegate_to'] == "127.0.0.1", "was not delegated to 127.0.0.1"
         assert runner.executed_args == "dest=root@el6.lab.net:/tmp/bar src=/tmp/foo", "wrong args used"
-        assert runner.sudo == False, "sudo not set to false"
+        assert runner.sudo == None, "sudo was not reset to None" 
+
+    def test_synchronize_action_sudo(self):
+
+        """ verify the synchronize action plugin unsets and then sets sudo """ 
+
+        runner = FakeRunner()
+        runner.sudo = True
+        runner.remote_user = "root"
+        runner.transport = "ssh"
+        conn = FakeConn()
+        inject = {
+                    'inventory_hostname': "el6.lab.net",
+                    'inventory_hostname_short': "el6",
+                    'ansible_connection': None,
+                    'ansible_ssh_user': 'root',
+                    'delegate_to': None,
+                    'playbook_dir': '.',
+                 }
+
+        x = Synchronize(runner)
+        x.setup("synchronize", inject)
+        x.run(conn, "/tmp", "synchronize", "src=/tmp/foo dest=/tmp/bar", inject)
+
+        assert runner.executed_inject['delegate_to'] == "127.0.0.1", "was not delegated to 127.0.0.1"
+        assert runner.executed_args == 'dest=root@el6.lab.net:/tmp/bar src=/tmp/foo rsync_path="sudo rsync"', \
+                                        "wrong args used: %s" % runner.executed_args
+        assert runner.sudo == True, "sudo was not reset to True" 
+
 
     def test_synchronize_action_local(self):