diff --git a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py
index 052354c581e..e96d8e12638 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py
+++ b/cloud/cloudstack/cs_account.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackAccount(AnsibleCloudStack):
             if not self.module.check_mode:
                 res = self.cs.deleteAccount(id=account['id'])
 
-                if 'errortext' in account:
+                if 'errortext' in res:
                     self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed: '%s'" % res['errortext'])
 
                 poll_async = self.module.params.get('poll_async')