diff --git a/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/tasks/haproxy_pre_install.yml b/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/tasks/haproxy_pre_install.yml
index adea927896..1476b27e0e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/tasks/haproxy_pre_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/tasks/haproxy_pre_install.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     mode: "{{ item.mode|default('0755') }}"
   with_items:
     - { path: "/var/log/haproxy" }
-  when: log_dir.rc != 0
+  when: log_dir | changed
   tags:
     - haproxy-dirs
     - haproxy-logs