diff --git a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
index 8f0b81307..9863188a0 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_system.yml
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@
     - ceph_repository == 'uca'
     - ansible_distribution != 'Ubuntu'
 
-- name: fail on unsupported openSUSE distribution
+- name: "fail on unsupported openSUSE distribution (only 15.x supported)"
   fail:
     msg: "Distribution not supported: {{ ansible_distribution }}"
   when:
     - ansible_distribution == 'openSUSE Leap'
-    - ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('42.3', '<')
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version != '15'
 
 - name: fail on unsupported ansible version (1.X)
   fail: