diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index 6190a5a279..e7e23b8dbb 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db03.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ databases:
 # This is a more strict list, to be made publicly available
 #dbs_to_backup:
 
-mariadb_root_password: "{{ db03_mysql_root_password }}"
+mariadb_root_password: "{{ db03_stg_mysql_root_password }}"
 
 # These are normally group variables, but in this case db servers are often different
 lvm_size: 300000