diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
index 6ce842bdeb..da641c3e07 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     group: "{{ ping_user }}"
     mode: 0700
   tags: copr_ping
-  when: not script_stat.exists
+  when: not script_stat.stat.exists
 
 - name: rebuild the copr-ping package periodically
   ansible.builtin.cron: