diff --git a/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
index 68df5b3761..95a9efa81f 100644
--- a/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 - name: Prepare the topic permissions dict
   set_fact:
     topic_permissions:
-      - vhost: vhost
+      - vhost: "{{ vhost }}"
         read_priv: .*
-        write_priv: sent_topics
+        write_priv: "{{ sent_topics }}"
   tags:
     - fedora-messaging
     - rabbitmq_cluster
diff --git a/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml
index 77ad4bfa72..275e3a2ad5 100644
--- a/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 - name: Prepare the topic permissions dict
   set_fact:
     topic_permissions:
-      - vhost: vhost
+      - vhost: "{{ vhost }}"
         read_priv: .*
-        write_priv: sent_topics
+        write_priv: "{{ sent_topics }}"
   tags:
     - config
     - fedora-messaging