diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
index e7955ac76..4737801d9 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -140,14 +140,10 @@
   tags: bootstrap-os
 
 - name: Enable ip forwarding
-  lineinfile:
-    dest: /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
-    regexp: '^net.ipv4.ip_forward='
-    line: 'net.ipv4.ip_forward=1'
+  sysctl:
+    name: net.ipv4.ip_forward
+    value: 1
     state: present
-    create: yes
-    backup: yes
-    validate: 'sysctl -f %s'
   tags: bootstrap-os
 
 - name: Write openstack cloud-config