diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
index 2392851110d..e157ddce06e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/script.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         # add preparation steps to one ssh roundtrip executing the script
         env_string = self._compute_environment_string()
         script_cmd = ' '.join([env_string, tmp_src, args])
-        
-        result = self._low_level_execute_command(cmd=script_cmd, tmp=None, sudoable=sudoable)
+
+        result = self._low_level_execute_command(cmd=script_cmd, tmp=None, sudoable=True)
 
         # clean up after
         if tmp and "tmp" in tmp and not C.DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES: