diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
index bea7de84a9..c64b5bba04 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/copr-ping.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   tags: copr_ping
 
 - stat: path={{ ping_log }}
-  register: ping_log
+  register: ping_log_check
   tags: copr_ping
 
 - name: pre-create ping log file
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     owner: "{{ ping_user }}"
     group: nagios
     mode: '0644'
-  when: not ping_log.stat.exists
+  when: not ping_log_check.stat.exists
   tags: copr_ping
 
 - name: create the user ping user