diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/facts.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/facts.yml
index 427dc804d..d65fa2f36 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/facts.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/facts.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     init_system={{ init_system.content | b64decode }}
 
 - set_fact:
-    use_systemd={{ init_system == 'systemd\n' }}
+    use_systemd={{ init_system.strip() == 'systemd' }}
 
 # NOTE (leseb/jsaintrocc): You are supposed to quote variables
 # that follow colons to avoid confusion with dicts but this