diff --git a/roles/awstats/tasks/main.yml b/roles/awstats/tasks/main.yml
index 74372e603e..a56c6247d3 100644
--- a/roles/awstats/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/awstats/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 - name: make the awstats directory
   file: path=/var/www/html/awstats-reports state=directory
-  when inventory_hostname.startswith('data-analysis')
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('data-analysis')
   tags:
     - awstats