diff --git a/roles/version-from-git/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/version-from-git/tasks/main.yaml
index d2c33f735..16330fafe 100644
--- a/roles/version-from-git/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/version-from-git/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 # Some repos, like storyboard-webclient, do not have any tags. git describe
 # throws an error in those repos. To be consistent, do a commit count the
 # hard way.
-- when: not commits_since_tag_output.rc != 0
+- when: commits_since_tag_output.rc != 0
   block:
 
     - name: Get commits since the beginning