diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 23ab822720..68d9b82432 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     nagios: action=downtime minutes=30 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     ignore_errors: true
-    when: inventory_hostname.startswith('stg')
+    when: not inventory_hostname.startswith('stg')
 
   - name: schedule stg host downtime
     nagios: action=downtime minutes=30 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}.stg