diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
index 1b2fd85ad58..457dabe024c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/assemble.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Mission complete
     result['msg'] = "OK"
-    module.exit_json(result)
+    module.exit_json(**result)
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *