diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 021de10971..8c62aafaee 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@
     ignore_errors: true
     # if one of them is down we don't care
 
+
+- name: wait for the whole set to die.
+  hosts: myvms_new
+  user: root
+
+  tasks:
   - name: wait for them to die
     local_action: wait_for port=22 delay=30 timeout=300 state=stopped host=${inventory_hostname}
 
+
 - name: reboot vhost
   hosts: $target
   user: root