diff --git a/tasks/prelim.yml b/tasks/prelim.yml
index 8dbd904..9930ab5 100644
--- a/tasks/prelim.yml
+++ b/tasks/prelim.yml
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
   tags: always
   ansible.builtin.shell: "grep ^log_file /etc/audit/auditd.conf | awk '{ print $NF }'"
   changed_when: false
+  check_mode: false
   failed_when: prelim_auditd_logfile.rc not in [ 0, 1 ]
   register: prelim_auditd_logfile