diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 49e1d39394..32af6f2f6d 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     reboot:
 
   - name: wait for libvirtd to come back on the virthost
-    wait_for: path=/var/run/libvirtd.pid state=present
+    wait_for: path=/run/libvirtd-sock state=present
 
   - name: look up vmlist
     virt: command=list_vms