diff --git a/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml b/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml
index d0427bcd1..9c245a5f6 100644
--- a/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml
+++ b/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     path: /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
     regexp: "^country.*"
     line: country={{ host_country_code }}
-  when: country_code is defined and country_code.stdout | length = 0
+  when: country_code is defined and country_code.stdout | length == 0
 
 - name: Enable the WiFi with rfkill
   shell: rfkill unblock 0