diff --git a/ansible/roles/pre-configure/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/pre-configure/tasks/main.yml
index b5d11e38b88c6af73ef69df45ba371a8509e170b..d7d9e25a12d737d9e92282b806dbef692aa3ed31 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/pre-configure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/pre-configure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     creates: /snap/bin/kubectl
   with_items:
     # mount and umount commands are part of the workaround mentioned above
-    - sudo mount --bind /dev/zero /sys/{{ kdb_device.stdout }}/uevent
+    - sudo mount --bind /dev/zero /sys/{{ kbd_device.stdout }}/uevent
     - snap install --classic kubectl
     - sudo umount /sys/{{ kbd_device.stdout }}/uevent