diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/config.yml
index b4bbc86e35..d4927eae5e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/tasks/config.yml
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 
 - name: Checking whether barbican-api-paste.ini file exists
   vars:
-    barbican-api: "{{ barbican_services['barbican-api'] }}"
+    service: "{{ barbican_services['barbican-api'] }}"
   local_action: stat path="{{ node_custom_config }}/barbican/barbican-api-paste.ini"
   run_once: True
   register: check_barbican_api_paste_ini
   when:
-    - barbican-api.enabled | bool
+    - service.enabled | bool
 
 - name: Copying over barbican-api-paste.ini
   vars: