diff --git a/extraconfig/tasks/instanceha/check-run-nova-compute b/extraconfig/tasks/instanceha/check-run-nova-compute
index dd8342a337..caa2b3e2f6 100755
--- a/extraconfig/tasks/instanceha/check-run-nova-compute
+++ b/extraconfig/tasks/instanceha/check-run-nova-compute
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def create_nova_connection(options):
                                  insecure=options["insecure"],
                                  region_name=region,
                                  session=keystone_session, auth=keystone_auth,
-                                 http_log_debug=options.has_key("verbose"),
+                                 http_log_debug="verbose" in options,
                                  endpoint_type=nova_endpoint_type)
         else:
             # OSP >= Ocata
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def create_nova_connection(options):
             nova = client.Client(version,
                                  region_name=region,
                                  session=keystone_session, auth=keystone_auth,
-                                 http_log_debug=options.has_key("verbose"),
+                                 http_log_debug="verbose" in options,
                                  endpoint_type=nova_endpoint_type)
 
         try: