diff --git a/playbooks/common-tasks/haproxy-endpoint-manage.yml b/playbooks/common-tasks/haproxy-endpoint-manage.yml
index 95143a7536..4db628cd9f 100644
--- a/playbooks/common-tasks/haproxy-endpoint-manage.yml
+++ b/playbooks/common-tasks/haproxy-endpoint-manage.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
     wait_interval: "{{ haproxy_wait_interval | default(5) }}"
     wait_retries: "{{ haproxy_wait_retries | default(24) }}"
     weight: "{{ haproxy_weight | default(omit) }}"
-  delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ delegate_host }}"
   with_items: "{{ groups['haproxy'] }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: delegate_host
   tags:
     - common-haproxy