diff --git a/roles/check-compose/templates/check-compose.conf.j2 b/roles/check-compose/templates/check-compose.conf.j2
index 823efba281..7cf2e9eb31 100644
--- a/roles/check-compose/templates/check-compose.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/check-compose/templates/check-compose.conf.j2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ loglevel: {{ checkcompose_loglevel }}
 {% if checkcompose_subvariant_emails is defined %}
 {% for subv, recdict in checkcompose_subvariant_emails.items() %}
 [{{ subv }}]
-{% for rectype, recips in recdict %}
+{% for rectype, recips in recdict.items() %}
 {{ rectype }}: {{ recips|join(' ') }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}