diff --git a/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/precheck.yml
index 9da15ca861..ac318815a1 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/rabbitmq/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@
 - fail: msg="Hostname has to resolve to IP address of api_interface"
   with_items: "{{ rabbitmq_hostnames.results }}"
   when:
-    - "'{{ hostvars[item['item']]['ansible_' + hostvars[item['item']]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}' not in '{{ item.stdout }}'"
+    - "item.stdout.find(hostvars[item['item']]['ansible_' ~ hostvars[item['item']]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address']) == -1"