diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_ppc64le.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_ppc64le.yml
index 34600db2b8..7fb2562a4b 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_ppc64le.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_ppc64le.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
   - include: "provision_builder_tasks.yml"
 
   - get_url: url=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/mock/1.2.15/1.fc22/noarch/mock-1.2.15-1.fc22.noarch.rpm dest=/tmp/
-    when: ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' and ansible_distribution_major_version == 22
+    when: ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 22
 
   - yum: state=present name=/tmp/mock-1.2.15-1.fc22.noarch.rpm
-    when: ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' and ansible_distribution_major_version == 22
+    when: ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 22
 
   - name: disable offloading
     command: ethtool -K enp0s1 tso off gro off gso off