diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-list-vms.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-list-vms.j2
index 49ee5fe8c1..4f1b4dd3fd 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-list-vms.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-list-vms.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ case $RESALLOC_POOL_ID in
         zone=jp-tok
         ;;
     *s390x*us_east*)
-        jp-tok
+        zone=us-east
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Can't decide what location to assign from pool id: '$RESALLOC_POOL_ID'"