diff --git a/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml
index 92c275a1f..d199749cc 100644
--- a/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 - name: Set healthy fact
   set_fact:
-    healthy: "{{ etcd_endpoint_health.stderr | match('Error: unhealthy cluster') }}"
+    healthy: "{{ etcd_endpoint_health.stderr is match('Error: unhealthy cluster') }}"
   when:
     - groups['broken_etcd']