diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 5bb86e82d5..08105b517f 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@
 # https://github.com/fedora-infra/bodhi/pull/1122/commits/323d8b0da8abd3300eb51c9a02c5035457d936ef
 - name: Patch bodhi mash for koji SSL timeout
   patch: basedir=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ src=0001-Disable-caching-koji-sessions-during-mashing-process.patch strip=1
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend03')
   tags:
   - bodhi
   - patch