diff --git a/roles/etcd/tasks/configure.yml b/roles/etcd/tasks/configure.yml
index 25629fa4c..069d7f079 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/roles/etcd/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     name: etcd-events
     state: started
     enabled: true
-  ignore_errors: "{{ etcd_events_cluster_is_healthy.rc != 0 }}"  # noqa ignore-errors
+  ignore_errors: "{{ etcd_events_cluster_is_healthy.rc == 0 }}"  # noqa ignore-errors
   when:
     - ('etcd' in group_names)
     - etcd_events_cluster_setup