diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
index 06180161c5..26d096aea0 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ aarch64_02_prod:
     cmd_delete: "/var/lib/resallocserver/resalloc_provision/vm-aarch64-delete"
     tags:
     - aarch64
-{% elif not stage %}
+{% elif stage is not defined %}
 # Development configuration.  On each aarch64 host we have
 # 2 guests vms of
 # -  2 VCPUs   (default)