diff --git a/tsm-client/tasks/main.yml b/tsm-client/tasks/main.yml
index 401b1d262f5fa4f24fb5f2793ae4410a0974b54f..c3f9ff33e46497e4577d5528e9c04e780ae7434b 100644
--- a/tsm-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tsm-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 - name: ensure apt https transport is available
   apt: name=apt-transport-https state=installed
-  when: tsm_repo|truncate(5, True, '', 0) == "https"
+  when: tsm_repo|truncate(5, True, '') == "https"
   tags:
     - tsm
     - repos