diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/library/ipanss.py b/roles/ipaclient/library/ipanss.py
index 41ff894e8f310f4da40e26ac1110c5849e301bf1..46a7caac439936f67978af84be3b4e038552a86d 100644
--- a/roles/ipaclient/library/ipanss.py
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/library/ipanss.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def main():
         # Particulary, SSSD might take longer than 6-8 seconds.
         while n < 10 and not found:
             try:
-                ipautil.run([paths.GETENT if hasattr(paths, "KDESTROY") else "getent", "passwd", user])
+                ipautil.run([paths.GETENT if hasattr(paths, "GETENT") else "getent", "passwd", user])
                 found = True
             except Exception as e:
                 time.sleep(1)