diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
index 43ab5c080f..96faac3e3c 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     mode=0644
   with_items:
   - policy.py
-  when: "'persistent_cloud' not in group_names"
+  when: "'persistent_cloud' not in group_names
   tags:
   - config
   - fedmsgdconfig