diff --git a/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml b/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml
index 52879703c2..1357d9857d 100644
--- a/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/beaker/virthost/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
   file:
     path: /home/{{ libvirt_user }}/.config/libvirt
     state: directory
-    owner: {{ phabricator_daemon_user }}
-    group: {{ phabricator_daemon_user }}
+    owner: "{{ libvirt_user }}"
+    group: "{{ libvirt_user }}"
     mode: 1775
 
 - name: create libvirt config for libvirt remote user