diff --git a/tasks/mysql-conf.yml b/tasks/mysql-conf.yml
index 4fd7bd4..5e4a7e7 100644
--- a/tasks/mysql-conf.yml
+++ b/tasks/mysql-conf.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     file: dest={{ mysql_data_dir }} state=directory owner=mysql group=mysql mode=0700
     
   - name: Copy data to the new directory
-    synchronize: src=/var/lib/mysql dest={{ mysql_data_dir }} delegate_to={{ inventory_hostname }}
+    synchronize: src=/var/lib/mysql/ dest={{ mysql_data_dir }} delegate_to={{ inventory_hostname }}
     when: my_data_dir.stat.isdir is not defined
 
   - name: Create the log directory