diff --git a/ansible/shell_plugins/docker.py b/ansible/shell_plugins/docker.py
index f3e5443978e..ca9f2d6aebf 100644
--- a/ansible/shell_plugins/docker.py
+++ b/ansible/shell_plugins/docker.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def join_path(self, *args):
         ## We observe the interactions between ShellModule and ActionModule, and
         ## find the temporary directories Ansible created on remote machine. So we
         ## collect them and copied to docker container in build_module_command
-        if len(args) >= 2 and args[0].startswith('/home/') and args[1] == '':
+        if len(args) >= 2 and (args[0].startswith('/home/') or args[0].startswith('/root/'))  and args[1] == '':
             self.dtemps.append(args[0])
 
         return super(ShellModule, self).join_path(*args)