diff --git a/config_pgcluster.yml b/config_pgcluster.yml
index 2957296f8..fc0514e02 100644
--- a/config_pgcluster.yml
+++ b/config_pgcluster.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "~{{ lookup('env', 'USER') }}/.ssh/{{ hostvars['localhost']['tmp_ssh_key_name'] }}"
       when:
-        - provision | lower != 'none'
+        - provision | default('none') | lower != 'none'
         - hostvars['localhost']['ssh_key_name'] is defined
         - hostvars['localhost']['ssh_key_name'] == hostvars['localhost']['tmp_ssh_key_name']
       tags: always
diff --git a/deploy_pgcluster.yml b/deploy_pgcluster.yml
index 2cdb61c79..1504ae3c3 100644
--- a/deploy_pgcluster.yml
+++ b/deploy_pgcluster.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "~{{ lookup('env', 'USER') }}/.ssh/{{ hostvars['localhost']['tmp_ssh_key_name'] }}"
       when:
-        - provision | lower != 'none'
+        - provision | default('none') | lower != 'none'
         - hostvars['localhost']['ssh_key_name'] is defined
         - hostvars['localhost']['ssh_key_name'] == hostvars['localhost']['tmp_ssh_key_name']
       tags: always