diff --git a/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml b/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml
index 1a258fd8d2..db7eb745d1 100644
--- a/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     - "{{ ansible_fqdn }}-hosts"
     - "{{ ansible_hostname }}-hosts"
     - "{{ ansible_domain }}-hosts"
-    = "{{ datacenter }}-hosts"
+    - "{{ datacenter }}-hosts"
     - "{{ host_group }}-hosts"
     skip: true
   tags: