diff --git a/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml b/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml
index 4e98151..c9cd947 100644
--- a/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml
+++ b/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         path: "{{ tmpdir.path }}"
         state: absent
       delegate_to: localhost
-      when: tmpdir
+      when: tmpdir.path is defined
 
     - name: start vm
       virt: