diff --git a/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml
index 1abb08af32..20d51f6183 100644
--- a/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     command: systemctl enable dnf-automatic-install.timer
     when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 26
     register: dnf-automatic-enable
-    changed_when: "'Created symlink ' in dnf-automatic-enable.stdout"
+    changed_when: dnf-automatic-enable.stdout is defined and "'Created symlink ' in dnf-automatic-enable.stdout"
     tags:
     - config