diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 22554d04c1..e997a0bf4d 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 
 - name: change owner for results dir if it isn't copr
   shell: "chown -R copr:copr /var/lib/copr/public_html"
-  when: '"copr" in copr_results_dir_st.stat.pw_name'
+  when: '"copr" not in copr_results_dir_st.stat.pw_name'
 
 - command: "ls -dZ /var/lib/copr/public_html/"
   register: public_html_ls