diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 153c096b72..12fcc3ac54 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -1148,13 +1148,13 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
                 if self.selinux_enabled():
                     self.set_context_if_different(
                         tmp_dest.name, context, False)
-		try:
-		    tmp_stat = os.stat(tmp_dest.name)
-		    if dest_stat and (tmp_stat.st_uid != dest_stat.st_uid or tmp_stat.st_gid != dest_stat.st_gid):
-			os.chown(tmp_dest.name, dest_stat.st_uid, dest_stat.st_gid)
-		except OSError, e:
-		    if e.errno != errno.EPERM:
-			raise
+                try:
+                    tmp_stat = os.stat(tmp_dest.name)
+                    if dest_stat and (tmp_stat.st_uid != dest_stat.st_uid or tmp_stat.st_gid != dest_stat.st_gid):
+                        os.chown(tmp_dest.name, dest_stat.st_uid, dest_stat.st_gid)
+                except OSError, e:
+                    if e.errno != errno.EPERM:
+                        raise
                 os.rename(tmp_dest.name, dest)
             except (shutil.Error, OSError, IOError), e:
                 self.cleanup(tmp_dest.name)