diff --git a/templates/my.cnf.j2 b/templates/my.cnf.j2
index 08b04846..ed089ed0 100644
--- a/templates/my.cnf.j2
+++ b/templates/my.cnf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {%- set all_calculated_max_connections = [] %}
 {%- for galera_node in galera_cluster_members %}
-    {%- if all_calculated_max_connections.append((hostvars[galera_node]['ansible_processor_vcpus'] | int > 0) | ternary (ansible_processor_vcpus, 2) * 100) %}
+    {%- set vcpus = hostvars[galera_node]['ansible_processor_vcpus'] %}
+    {%- if all_calculated_max_connections.append((vcpus | int > 0) | ternary (vcpus, 2) * 100) %}
     {%- endif %}
 {%- endfor %}
 {%- set calculated_max_connections = all_calculated_max_connections|sort %}
diff --git a/templates/mysql_defaults.j2 b/templates/mysql_defaults.j2
index c0ac18d5..3483d540 100644
--- a/templates/mysql_defaults.j2
+++ b/templates/mysql_defaults.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 {%- set all_calculated_max_connections = [] %}
 {%- for galera_node in galera_cluster_members %}
-    {%- set _ = all_calculated_max_connections.append((hostvars[galera_node]['ansible_processor_vcpus'] | int > 0) | ternary (ansible_processor_vcpus, 2) * 100) %}
+    {%- set vcpus = hostvars[galera_node]['ansible_processor_vcpus'] %}
+    {%- set _ = all_calculated_max_connections.append((vcpus | int > 0) | ternary (vcpus, 2) * 100) %}
 {%- endfor %}
 {%- set calculated_min_connections = all_calculated_max_connections | min %}
 {%- set calculated_max_connections = galera_max_connections | default(calculated_min_connections) %}
diff --git a/templates/systemd.limits.conf.j2 b/templates/systemd.limits.conf.j2
index b01a1663..310c8582 100644
--- a/templates/systemd.limits.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/systemd.limits.conf.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 {%- set all_calculated_max_connections = [] %}
 {%- for galera_node in galera_cluster_members %}
-    {%- set _ = all_calculated_max_connections.append((hostvars[galera_node]['ansible_processor_vcpus'] | int > 0) | ternary (ansible_processor_vcpus, 2) * 100) %}
+    {%- set vcpus = hostvars[galera_node]['ansible_processor_vcpus'] %}
+    {%- set _ = all_calculated_max_connections.append((vcpus | int > 0) | ternary (vcpus, 2) * 100) %}
 {%- endfor %}
 {%- set calculated_min_connections = all_calculated_max_connections | min %}
 {%- set calculated_max_connections = galera_max_connections | default(calculated_min_connections) %}