diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml
index 3525e0f34..fc5143c67 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/checks/check_mandatory_vars.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   when:
     - ceph_origin == 'repository'
     - ceph_repository == 'rhcs'
-    - ceph_repository_type in valid_ceph_repository_type
+    - ceph_repository_type not in valid_ceph_repository_type
   tags:
     - package-install