diff --git a/templates/answerfile.j2 b/templates/answerfile.j2
index fd91c3914e7b3f994f23947a5349b0c6af7e3b4d..8bb21c1bf0a95a01bf645f793bda6f3058ed08df 100644
--- a/templates/answerfile.j2
+++ b/templates/answerfile.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set hostobj = hostvars[hostname] %}
+{% set hostobj = hostvars[inventory_hostname] %}
 export DISTRIBUTION="{{ hostobj.os.distribution }}"
 export RELEASE="{{ hostobj.os.release }}"
 export ARCH="{{ hostobj.os.architecture }}"