diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 04c3b65fe..fbb53c0ae 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       'fcgid'       => 'mod_fcgid',
       'passenger'   => 'mod_passenger',
       'perl'        => 'mod_perl',
-      'php5'        => $distrelease ? {
+      'php5'        => $::apache::version::distrelease ? {
         '5'     => 'php53',
         default => 'php',
       },
diff --git a/manifests/version.pp b/manifests/version.pp
index 581fdde6f..70fe919b6 100644
--- a/manifests/version.pp
+++ b/manifests/version.pp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   if ! $distrelease {
     fail("Class['apache::params']: Unparsable \$::operatingsystemrelease: ${::operatingsystemrelease}")
   }
-  
+
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
       if ($::operatingsystem == 'Fedora' and $distrelease >= 18) or ($::operatingsystem != 'Fedora' and $distrelease >= 7) {