diff --git a/recipes/_common.rb b/recipes/_common.rb
index 0e23f0e..e738d39 100644
--- a/recipes/_common.rb
+++ b/recipes/_common.rb
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ end
     group node['root_group']
     mode '0644'
     notifies :restart, 'service[postfix]'
-    variables(settings: node['postfix'][cfg])
+    variables(
+      lazy { { settings: node['postfix'][cfg] } }
+    )
     cookbook node['postfix']["#{cfg}_template_source"]
   end
 end