diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2
index 73748bc..cfdfdc4 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/vhost.conf.j2
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ server {
         fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
 
         {# As of Ubuntu 16.04 and Debian 9, the PHP-FPM configs are the same #}
-        {% if (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('16.04', '==')) or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '==')) %}
+        {% if (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('16.04', '==')) or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('9', '==')) %}
         fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm-{{ domain_name }}.sock;
         {% else %}
         fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm-{{ domain_name }}.sock;