diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/check_devices.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/check_devices.yml
index 50d454439..309b7b5a5 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/check_devices.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/check_devices.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 # it should exist we rc=0 and don't do anything unless we do something like --force
 # As as a final word, I prefer to keep the partition check instead of running ceph-disk prepare with "failed_when: false"
 # I believe it's safer
-
 - name: check if the device is a partition or a disk
-  shell: "echo '{{ item }}' | egrep '/dev/[sd[a-z]{1,2}|hd[a-z]{1,2}|cciss/c[0-9]d[0-9]p|nvme[0-9]n[0-9]p][0-9]{1,2}'"
+  shell: "echo '{{ item }}' | egrep '/dev/[sd[a-z]{1,2}|hd[a-z]{1,2}|cciss/c[0-9]d[0-9]p|nvme[0-9]n[0-9]p][0-9]{1,2}$'"
   with_items: devices
   changed_when: false
   failed_when: false