diff --git a/plugins/modules/hcloud_load_balancer_service.py b/plugins/modules/hcloud_load_balancer_service.py
index 18e9780..c59bbe5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hcloud_load_balancer_service.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hcloud_load_balancer_service.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class AnsibleHcloudLoadBalancerService(Hcloud):
                             self.module.fail_json(msg=e.message)
                         service_http.certificates.append(hcloud_cert)
 
-            self._mark_as_failed(msg="test", debug=service_http)
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="test", debug=service_http)
             return service_http
 
     def _update_load_balancer_service(self):