diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py
index 9e9a56cc33..8b30bd1816 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_storageblob.py
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class AzureRMStorageBlob(AzureRMModuleBase):
                 else:
                     try:
                         self.log('Attempting to makedirs {0}'.format(self.dest))
-                        os.makddirs(self.dest)
+                        os.makedirs(self.dest)
                     except IOError as exc:
                         self.fail("Failed to create directory {0} - {1}".format(self.dest, str(exc)))
                     self.dest += self.blob