diff --git a/playbooks/groups/download.yml b/playbooks/groups/download.yml
index 7aa2ba5786..a7f4d2a716 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/download.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/download.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   - { role: nfs/client, when: datacenter == "phx2", mnt_dir: '/mnt/koji/compose',  nfs_src_dir: 'fedora_koji/koji/compose' } # needed for internal sync
   - { role: nfs/client, when: datacenter == "rdu", mnt_dir: '/srv/pub',  nfs_src_dir: 'fedora_ftp/fedora.redhat.com/pub' }
   - sudo
-  - { role: openvpn/client, when: hostvars[inventory_hostname].vpn == True }
+  - { role: openvpn/client, when: vpn == True }
 
   pre_tasks:
   - include_vars: dir=/srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/all/ ignore_files=README