diff --git a/states/sysctl/defaults.yaml b/states/sysctl/defaults.yaml
index 223057d..c5e1597 100644
--- a/states/sysctl/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/sysctl/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 sysctl:
-  config: {}
+  config:
     10-kube:
       net.ipv4.ip_forward: 1
       net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding: 1