diff --git a/tasks/koji/builder_kernel_config.yml b/tasks/koji/builder_kernel_config.yml
index 1ea3108f6d..64bbeed2d1 100644
--- a/tasks/koji/builder_kernel_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/koji/builder_kernel_config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   action: command /sbin/grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args=max_loop=64 
 
 - name: special pkgs for the x86_64 builders
-  action: yum state=installed pkg=$item
+  yum: state=installed pkg=$item
+  when: is_rhel
   with_items:
   - kmod-hfsplus    
-  when: is_rhel