@@ -2533,6 +2533,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):

         # sadly there are some situations where we cannot ensure atomicity, but only if

         # the user insists and we get the appropriate error we update the file unsafely

         try:

+            out_dest = in_src = None

             try:

                 out_dest = open(dest, 'wb')

                 in_src = open(src, 'rb')