diff --git a/playbooks/groups/qadevel.yml b/playbooks/groups/qadevel.yml
index 3e0e89e4ed..8eb40ad512 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/qadevel.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/qadevel.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
     - name: create dirs for static sites
       file: path={{ item.document_root }} state=directory owner=apache group=apache mode=1755
-      with_items: static_sites
+      with_items: "{{ static_sites }}"
       tags:
         - qastaticsites