diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index 555c52dd57..ae977b17bb 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def sync_single_repo_arch(release, repo, arch, dest_path):
 
     results.append(rsync(os.path.join(source_path, maindir, 'Packages'),
                          os.path.join(dest_path)))
-    if do_rpms:
+    if do_drpms:
         results.append(rsync(os.path.join(source_path, maindir, 'drpms'),
                              os.path.join(dest_path)))
     if arch != 'source':
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def sync_single_repo_arch(release, repo, arch, dest_path):
     results.append(rsync(os.path.join(source_path, maindir, 'Packages'),
                          os.path.join(dest_path),
                          delete=True))
-    if do_rpms:
+    if do_drpms:
         results.append(rsync(os.path.join(source_path, maindir, 'drpms'),
                              os.path.join(dest_path),
                              delete=True))