diff --git a/roles/distgit/templates/pkgdb_sync_git_branches.py b/roles/distgit/templates/pkgdb_sync_git_branches.py
index 99c70f5ef2..83df7a4f2a 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/templates/pkgdb_sync_git_branches.py
+++ b/roles/distgit/templates/pkgdb_sync_git_branches.py
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ def _invoke(program, args):
         print ' '.join(cmdLine)
 
     if VERBOSE:
-        program = subprocess.Popen(cmdLine, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-    else:
         program = subprocess.Popen(
             cmdLine, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    else:
+        program = subprocess.Popen(cmdLine, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
     retCode = program.wait()
     if retCode != 0: