diff --git a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
index 38dcdc9d3e..30b976f511 100644
--- a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 - name: install nss_db on rhel hosts only
   yum: state=installed name=nss_db
-  when: is_rhel is defined and ansible_distribution_major_version == 6
+  when: is_rhel is defined and ansible_distribution_major_version == '6'
   tags:
   - packages
 
diff --git a/tasks/virthost.yml b/tasks/virthost.yml
index c6102be316..97f0114283 100644
--- a/tasks/virthost.yml
+++ b/tasks/virthost.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   - python-virtinst
   tags:
   - packages
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version == 6
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version == '6'
 
 - name: install libvirt packages on rhel7 virthosts
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=installed
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   - virt-install
   tags:
   - packages
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version == 7
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version == '7'
 
 # install libvirtd.conf 
 #