diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
index 2e50ff2cb..18cec48d8 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 - name: Stop if unknown network plugin
   assert:
-    that: network_plugin in ['calico', 'canal', 'flannel', 'weave', 'cloud']
-  when: network_plugin is defined
+    that: kube_network_plugin in ['calico', 'canal', 'flannel', 'weave', 'cloud', 'cilium', 'contiv']
+  when: kube_network_plugin is defined
   ignore_errors: "{{ ignore_assert_errors }}"
 
 - name: Stop if incompatible network plugin and cloudprovider
   assert:
-    that: network_plugin != 'calico'
+    that: kube_network_plugin != 'calico'
     msg: "Azure and Calico are not compatible. See https://github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl/issues/949 for details."
   when: cloud_provider is defined and cloud_provider == 'azure'
   ignore_errors: "{{ ignore_assert_errors }}"