diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
index 78eb9b318c..138411cf5b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ def listify_lookup_plugin_terms(terms, basedir, inject):
             except:
                 pass
 
-        if '{' or '[' in terms:
+        if '{' in terms or '[' in terms:
             # Jinja2 already evaluated a variable to a list.
             # Jinja2-ified list needs to be converted back to a real type
             # TODO: something a bit less heavy than eval