diff --git a/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml b/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
index 0ee97e234..2836816dc 100644
--- a/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     -n {{ transmission_username }}:{{ transmission_password }}
     -a http://pantry.learningequality.org/downloads/ka-lite/{{ transmission_kalite_version }}/content/ka-lite-0.17-resized-videos-{{ item }}.torrent
   with_items: "{{ transmission_kalite_languages }}"
-  when: transmission_enabled and transmission_provision and transmission_kalite_languages is defined
+  when: transmission_enabled and transmission_provision and transmission_kalite_languages is defined and transmission_kalite_languages is not none
   ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: Disable transmission-daemon service