diff --git a/deployment/cinder/cinder-common-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/cinder/cinder-common-container-puppet.yaml
index 7e6c49ae2f..2682b28b8f 100644
--- a/deployment/cinder/cinder-common-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/cinder/cinder-common-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ outputs:
           - name: cinder_enable_iscsi_backend fact
             set_fact:
               cinder_enable_iscsi_backend: {get_param: CinderEnableIscsiBackend}
-          - when: cinder_enable_iscsi_backend
+          - when: cinder_enable_iscsi_backend|bool
             block:
               - name: ensure LVM rpm dependencies are installed
                 package: