diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml
index a0a646800..9eb4d8c50 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     mode: "{{ ceph_directories_mode }}"
     owner: "{{ ceph_uid if containerized_deployment | bool else 'ceph' }}"
     group: "{{ ceph_uid if containerized_deployment | bool else 'ceph' }}"
-  with_items: "{{ ((ceph_osd_ids.stdout | default('{}') | from_json).keys() | list) | union(osd_ids_non_container.stdout_lines | default([])) }}"
+  with_items: "{{ ((ceph_osd_ids.stdout | default('{}', True) | from_json).keys() | list) | union(osd_ids_non_container.stdout_lines | default([])) }}"
 
 - name: systemd start osd
   systemd:
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
     enabled: yes
     masked: no
     daemon_reload: yes
-  with_items: "{{ ((ceph_osd_ids.stdout | default('{}') | from_json).keys() | list) | union(osd_ids_non_container.stdout_lines | default([])) }}"
+  with_items: "{{ ((ceph_osd_ids.stdout | default('{}', True) | from_json).keys() | list) | union(osd_ids_non_container.stdout_lines | default([])) }}"