diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 040c10e15f..62aee4780d 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   - name: shutdown vms
     virt: command=shutdown name={{ inventory_hostname }}
     ignore_errors: true
-    delegate_to: "{{ target[0] }}"
+    delegate_to: "{{ hostvars[groups['target'][0]]['ansible_fqdn'] }}"
 
 - name: wait for the whole set to die.
   hosts: myvms_new