diff --git a/tasks/common-users-data-dirs.yml b/tasks/common-users-data-dirs.yml
index 96b8d13..0d78344 100644
--- a/tasks/common-users-data-dirs.yml
+++ b/tasks/common-users-data-dirs.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   when:
     - users_system_users is defined
-    - item.state is not defined or item.state != "present"
+    - item.state is not defined or item.state == "present"
   tags: [ 'users', 'users_acl' ]
 
 - block:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
   when:
     - users_system_users is defined
-    - item.state is not defined or item.state != "present"
+    - item.state is not defined or item.state == "present"
   tags: [ 'users', 'users_acl' ]
 
 - block: