diff --git a/tasks/openvpn_client.yml b/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
index 6810a5029f..fdca57fcab 100644
--- a/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
+++ b/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
   service: name=openvpn state=running enabled=true
   tags:
   - service
-  when: is_rhel is defined
+  when: is_rhel is true