diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
index 0a994e8e2..fcbea6404 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
   delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
   when:
     - ansible_distribution == "Fedora"
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version > 21
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21
     - not is_atomic
   changed_when: False
   tags: