diff --git a/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py b/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py
index 95e30b6..20e5ad5 100644
--- a/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py
+++ b/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@
         result = None
         self._sent_complete_event = False
         self._aborted_job = False
-        self._watchog_timeout = False
+        self._watchdog_timeout = False
 
         try:
             self.sendStartEvent(job_name, args)
@@ -1424,8 +1424,6 @@
             preexec_fn=os.setsid,
             env=env_copy,
         )
-        # Reset timeout flag
-        self._watchdog_timeout = False
         ret = None
         watchdog = Watchdog(ANSIBLE_DEFAULT_PRE_TIMEOUT,
                             self._ansibleTimeout,
@@ -1467,8 +1465,6 @@
             preexec_fn=os.setsid,
             env=env_copy,
         )
-        # Reset timeout flag
-        self._watchdog_timeout = False
         ret = None
         watchdog = Watchdog(timeout + ANSIBLE_WATCHDOG_GRACE,
                             self._ansibleTimeout,
@@ -1522,8 +1518,6 @@
             preexec_fn=os.setsid,
             env=env_copy,
         )
-        # Reset timeout flag
-        self._watchdog_timeout = False
         ret = None
         watchdog = Watchdog(ANSIBLE_DEFAULT_POST_TIMEOUT,
                             self._ansibleTimeout,