diff --git a/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml b/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml
index fd9dec733f..0627d0af2a 100644
--- a/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/rdiff-backup.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: run rdiff-backup hitting all the global targets
-    local_action: "shell rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -p {{ ansible_ssh_port }} -C %s rdiff-backup --server' --create-full-path --print-statistics {{ inventory_hostname }}::{{ item }} /fedora_backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}/`basename {{ item }}` | mail -r sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org -s 'rdiff-backup: {{ inventory_hostname }}:{{ item }}' sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org"
+    local_action: "shell rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -p {{ ansible_ssh_port|default(22) }} -C %s rdiff-backup --server' --create-full-path --print-statistics {{ inventory_hostname }}::{{ item }} /fedora_backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}/`basename {{ item }}` | mail -r sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org -s 'rdiff-backup: {{ inventory_hostname }}:{{ item }}' sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org"
     with_items: global_backup_targets
     when: global_backup_targets is defined
 
   - name: run rdiff-backup hitting all the host targets
-    local_action: "shell rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -p {{ ansible_ssh_port }} -C %s rdiff-backup --server' --exclude='**git-seed*' --exclude='**git_seed' --exclude='**.snapshot' --create-full-path --print-statistics {{ inventory_hostname }}::{{ item }} /fedora_backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}/`basename {{ item }}` | mail -r sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org -s 'rdiff-backup: {{ inventory_hostname }}:{{ item }}' sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org"
+    local_action: "shell rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -p {{ ansible_ssh_port|default(22) }} -C %s rdiff-backup --server' --exclude='**git-seed*' --exclude='**git_seed' --exclude='**.snapshot' --create-full-path --print-statistics {{ inventory_hostname }}::{{ item }} /fedora_backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}/`basename {{ item }}` | mail -r sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org -s 'rdiff-backup: {{ inventory_hostname }}:{{ item }}' sysadmin-backup-members@fedoraproject.org"
     with_items: host_backup_targets
     when: host_backup_targets is defined