diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
index 8100d7065b..2b2cbab9f0 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 
 - name: Enable and start NFS server
   service: name=nfs-server enabled=yes state=started
-  when: openqa_nfs_clients is defined
+  when: openqa_nfs_workers is defined
 
 - name: Refresh exports
   command: exportfs -r