diff --git a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_devices.yml b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_devices.yml
index 8b3286c5e..69c2f8d36 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_devices.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-validate/tasks/check_devices.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
     - name: fail if one of the devices is not a device
       fail:
-        msg: "{{ item }} is not a block special file!"
+        msg: "{{ item.item }} is not a block special file!"
       when: item.rc is defined
       with_items: "{{ devices_parted.results }}"