diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index ca7c7f74e6..79b3cb8f25 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
   tags:
   - rootpw
   - base
-  when: not inventory_hostname.startswith(('build','bkernel','koji01.stg','s390',fed-cloud09'))
+  when: not (inventory_hostname.startswith(('build','bkernel','koji01.stg','s390',fed-cloud09')))
 
 - name: add ansible root key
   authorized_key: user=root key="{{ item }}"