diff --git a/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml b/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml
index c8fa2b57db..92790c7369 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/arm-qa.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   vars_files:
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
    - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
-   - "{{ vars }}/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
+   - "{{ vars_path }}/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
 
   roles:
   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/roles/base
diff --git a/vars/global.yml b/vars/global.yml
index 1107f054f3..eff69a9e34 100644
--- a/vars/global.yml
+++ b/vars/global.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ roles: /srv/web/infra/ansible/roles
 handlers: /srv/web/infra/ansible/handlers
 tasks: /srv/web/infra/ansible/tasks
 vars:  /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars
+vars_path:  /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars
 is_fedora: "'{{ ansible_distribution }}' == 'Fedora'"
 is_rhel:   "'{{ ansible_distribution }}' == 'RedHat'"
 dist_tag: unknown