diff --git a/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan-memcache.yml b/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan-memcache.yml
index 1ee93b16..95dfe3d6 100644
--- a/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan-memcache.yml
+++ b/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan-memcache.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_ini', 'ckan_plugins', 'ckan_sessions', 'ckan_memcache' ]
 
   - name: Remove the CKAN session files
-    file: dest=/tmp/{{ ckan_site_id }} state=absent
+    file: dest=/tmp/{{ ckan_site_id }}/sessions state=absent
 
   become: False
   when: ckan_memcache_sessions is defined and ckan_memcache_sessions