diff --git a/roles/mgrote_users/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mgrote_users/tasks/main.yml
index 1d58c56a..aac29ef8 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_users/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_users/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: present
   loop: '{{ groups_as_list }}'
-  when: item.groups is defined
+  when: groups_as_list is defined
   # no_log: true # TODO
 
 - name: create users