diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/shrink-mgr.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/shrink-mgr.yml
index f99726890..66745f7c6 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/shrink-mgr.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/shrink-mgr.yml
@@ -74,14 +74,6 @@
               manager each time the playbook runs."
       when: mgr_to_kill is not defined
 
-    - name: exit playbook, if the manager is not part of the inventory
-      fail:
-        msg: "It seems that the host given is not part of your inventory,
-              please make sure it is."
-      when:
-        - mgr_to_kill not in active_mgr
-        - mgr_to_kill not in standbys_mgr
-
     - name: exit playbook, if user did not mean to shrink cluster
       fail:
         msg: "Exiting shrink-mgr playbook, no manager was removed.
@@ -94,6 +86,13 @@
       set_fact:
         mgr_to_kill_hostname: "{{ hostvars[mgr_to_kill]['ansible_facts']['hostname'] }}"
 
+    - name: exit playbook, if the selected manager is not present in the cluster
+      fail:
+        msg: "It seems that the host given is not present in the cluster."
+      when:
+        - mgr_to_kill_hostname not in active_mgr
+        - mgr_to_kill_hostname not in standbys_mgr
+
   tasks:
     - name: stop manager services and verify it
       block: