diff --git a/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml b/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml
index 33379e826..c1a66411d 100644
--- a/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
     read_replica: true
     creation_source: "instance"
     source_db_instance_identifier: "{{ aws_rds.name }}"
+    profile: "{{ aws_rds.aws_profile }}"
+    region: "{{ aws_rds.region }}"
   when: aws_rds.replica
 
 - name: Create SNS topic.