diff --git a/tasks/rhosts.yml b/tasks/rhosts.yml
index 1383ed5c4..8b7178feb 100644
--- a/tasks/rhosts.yml
+++ b/tasks/rhosts.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 - name: delete rhosts-files from system | DTAG SEC Req 3.21-4
   file: dest='~{{ item }}/.rhosts' state=absent
-  with_items: users.stdout_lines
+  with_items: '{{ users.stdout_lines }}'
 
 - name: delete hosts.equiv from system | DTAG SEC Req 3.21-4
   file: dest='/etc/hosts.equiv' state=absent
diff --git a/tasks/sysctl.yml b/tasks/sysctl.yml
index b1114809b..3f9344ce3 100644
--- a/tasks/sysctl.yml
+++ b/tasks/sysctl.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     state: present
     reload: yes
     ignoreerrors: yes
-  with_dict: sysctl_config
+  with_dict: '{{ sysctl_config }}'
 
 - name: Change various sysctl-settings on rhel-hosts, look at the sysctl-vars file for documentation
   sysctl:
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
     state: present
     reload: yes
     ignoreerrors: yes
-  with_dict: sysctl_rhel_config
+  with_dict: '{{ sysctl_rhel_config }}'
   when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'