diff --git a/test-playbooks/registry/roles/run-test-intermediate-registry/tasks/main.yaml b/test-playbooks/registry/roles/run-test-intermediate-registry/tasks/main.yaml
index bfba17653..d0bc72493 100644
--- a/test-playbooks/registry/roles/run-test-intermediate-registry/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/test-playbooks/registry/roles/run-test-intermediate-registry/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
   become: true
   file:
     state: directory
-    path: "/var/registry/{{ item }}"
+    path: "/var/registry/{{ zj_reg_dir }}"
   loop:
     - certs
     - auth
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: zj_reg_dir
 - name: Install python packages
   become: true
   package: