diff --git a/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml
index f89940952b..6aff8fbc15 100644
--- a/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 
 - name: Ensure correct checksum of cached client
   assert: cached_client.checksum == "{{ zanata_client_checksum }}"
-  when: cached_client.exists
+  when: cached_client.stat.exists
 
 - name: Extract cached client tarball
   unarchive:
     src: "/opt/cache/files/zanata-cli-{{ zanata_client_version }}-dist.tar.gz"
     dest: "/opt/zanata"
     creates: "/opt/zanata/zanata-cli-{{ zanata_client_version }}/bin/zanata-cli"
-  when: cached_client.exists
+  when: cached_client.stat.exists
 
 - name: Download and extract zanata client tarball
   unarchive:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     remote_src: yes
     dest: "/opt/zanata/"
     creates: "/opt/zanata/zanata-cli-{{ zanata_client_version }}/bin/zanata-cli"
-  when: not cached_client.exists
+  when: not cached_client.stat.exists
 
 - name: ensure zanata-cli perms
   file: