diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml
index 95f366f4..9e6fadb6 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/security_actions.yml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
       return_content: yes
       timeout: 4
     when:
-      - opendistro_custom_user
+      - opendistro_custom_user is defined
 
   tags:
     - security