diff --git a/src/XCCDF_POLICY/xccdf_policy_remediate.c b/src/XCCDF_POLICY/xccdf_policy_remediate.c
index f59737727..19bb59f2e 100644
--- a/src/XCCDF_POLICY/xccdf_policy_remediate.c
+++ b/src/XCCDF_POLICY/xccdf_policy_remediate.c
@@ -139,11 +139,10 @@ static int _write_remediation_to_fd_and_free(int output_fd, const char* template
 					free(text);
 					return 1;
 				}
-
-				if (_write_text_to_fd(output_fd, "\n") != 0) {
-					free(text);
-					return 1;
-				}
+			}
+			if (_write_text_to_fd(output_fd, "\n") != 0) {
+				free(text);
+				return 1;
 			}
 
 			if (next_delim != NULL) {
diff --git a/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a56d3cdc..05ddea219 100644
--- a/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
 	add_oscap_test("all_python.sh")
 endif()
 
+add_oscap_test("test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.sh")
 add_oscap_test("test_xccdf_shall_pass1.sh")
 add_oscap_test("test_xccdf_shall_pass2.sh")
 add_oscap_test("test_xccdf_shall_pass3.sh")
diff --git a/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.playbook.yml b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.playbook.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0276739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.playbook.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+
+
+- hosts: all
+  vars:
+  tasks:
+    - name: Make sure contents of /etc/audit/rules.d/10-base-config.rules are as expected
+      copy:
+        dest: /etc/audit/rules.d/10-base-config.rules
+        content: |+
+          ## First rule - delete all
+          -D
+
+          ## Increase the buffers to survive stress events.
+          ## Make this bigger for busy systems
+          -b 8192
+
+          ## This determine how long to wait in burst of events
+          --backlog_wait_time 60000
+
+          ## Set failure mode to syslog
+          -f 1
+
+
+        force: true
+      when: ansible_virtualization_role != "guest" or ansible_virtualization_type != "docker"
+      tags:
+        - audit_basic_configuration
+        - medium_severity
+        - restrict_strategy
+        - low_complexity
+        - low_disruption
+        - no_reboot_needed
+        - CCE-82462-3
+        - NIST-800-53-AU-2(a)
+
+
diff --git a/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.sh b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4ca5b3be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+. $builddir/tests/test_common.sh
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+profile="xccdf_moc.elpmaxe.www_profile_standard"
+
+name=$(basename $0 .sh)
+stderr=$(mktemp -t ${name}.err.XXXXXX)
+playbook=$(mktemp -t ${name}.yml.XXXXXX)
+playbook_without_header=$(mktemp -t ${name}.yml.XXXXXX)
+
+# Generate an Ansible playbook from a profile in SDS file
+$OSCAP xccdf generate fix --profile $profile --fix-type ansible "$srcdir/$name.xccdf.xml"  >$playbook 2>$stderr
+sed '/^#/d' $playbook > $playbook_without_header
+diff -u $playbook_without_header $srcdir/$name.playbook.yml
+[ -f $stderr ]; [ ! -s $stderr ]; rm $stderr
+
+rm $playbook
+rm $playbook_without_header
diff --git a/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.xccdf.xml b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.xccdf.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81b2adfd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/API/XCCDF/unittests/test_ansible_yaml_block_scalar.xccdf.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Benchmark xmlns="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" id="xccdf_moc.elpmaxe.www_benchmark_test">
+  <status>incomplete</status>
+  <title>Security Benchmark</title>
+  <description xml:lang="en-US">A sample benchmark</description>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <Profile id="xccdf_moc.elpmaxe.www_profile_standard">
+    <title xml:lang="en-US">Standard System Security Profile</title>
+    <description xml:lang="en-US">This profile contains rules to ensure standard security baseline of your system.</description>
+    <select idref="xccdf_moc.elpmaxe.www_rule_1" selected="true"/>
+  </Profile>
+  <Rule selected="false" id="xccdf_moc.elpmaxe.www_rule_1">
+    <title>Passing rule</title>
+    <fix id="ansible_fix_for_passing_rule" system="urn:xccdf:fix:script:ansible">- name: Make sure contents of /etc/audit/rules.d/10-base-config.rules are as expected
+  copy:
+    dest: /etc/audit/rules.d/10-base-config.rules
+    content: |+
+      ## First rule - delete all
+      -D
+
+      ## Increase the buffers to survive stress events.
+      ## Make this bigger for busy systems
+      -b 8192
+
+      ## This determine how long to wait in burst of events
+      --backlog_wait_time 60000
+
+      ## Set failure mode to syslog
+      -f 1
+
+
+    force: true
+  when: ansible_virtualization_role != "guest" or ansible_virtualization_type != "docker"
+  tags:
+    - audit_basic_configuration
+    - medium_severity
+    - restrict_strategy
+    - low_complexity
+    - low_disruption
+    - no_reboot_needed
+    - CCE-82462-3
+    - NIST-800-53-AU-2(a)
+</fix>
+    <check system="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5">
+        <check-content-ref href="oval/pass/oval.xml" name="oval:moc.elpmaxe.www:def:1"/>
+    </check>
+  </Rule>
+</Benchmark>