diff --git a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
index a7961a4bd2..29ddec05fe 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
 
 - name: enable openvpn service for rhel 6
   service: name=openvpn state=running enabled=true
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == 6
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '6'
   tags:
   - service
   - openvpn
 
 - name: enable openvpn service for rhel 7
   service: name=openvpn@openvpn state=running enabled=true
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == 7
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '7'
   tags:
   - service
   - openvpn