diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/plugins.py b/lib/ansible/utils/plugins.py
index 7e87fcba5d..c36e5434ae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/plugins.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/plugins.py
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ class PluginLoader(object):
         # look in any configured plugin paths, allow one level deep for subcategories 
         configured_paths = self.config.split(os.pathsep)
         for path in configured_paths:
-            ret.append(path)
             contents = glob.glob("%s/*" % path)
             for c in contents:
                 if os.path.isdir(c):
                     ret.append(c)       
+            ret.append(path)
 
         # look for any plugins installed in the package subtree
         ret.extend(self._get_package_paths())