diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml
index de3c3ca48..24ac4cb0e 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 
     - name: get balancer module status
       command: "{{ ceph_cmd }} --cluster {{ cluster }} balancer status -f json"
-      register: balancer_status
+      register: balancer_status_adopt
       run_once: true
       delegate_to: "{{ groups[mon_group_name][0] }}"
       changed_when: false
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
       run_once: true
       delegate_to: "{{ groups[mon_group_name][0] }}"
       changed_when: false
-      when: (balancer_status.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
+      when: (balancer_status_adopt.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
 
     - name: disable pg autoscale on pools
       ceph_pool:
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
       run_once: true
       delegate_to: "{{ groups[mon_group_name][0] }}"
       changed_when: false
-      when: (balancer_status.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
+      when: (balancer_status_adopt.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
 
 - name: redeploy mds daemons
   hosts: "{{ mds_group_name|default('mdss') }}"
diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
index ad9011a81..6315fbd05 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
 
     - name: get balancer module status
       command: "{{ ceph_cmd }} --cluster {{ cluster }} balancer status -f json"
-      register: balancer_status
+      register: balancer_status_update
       changed_when: false
       check_mode: false
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
     - name: disable balancer
       command: "{{ ceph_cmd }} --cluster {{ cluster }} balancer off"
       changed_when: false
-      when: (balancer_status.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
+      when: (balancer_status_update.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
 
     - name: disable pg autoscale on pools
       ceph_pool:
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@
     - name: re-enable balancer
       command: "{{ ceph_cmd }} --cluster {{ cluster }} balancer on"
       changed_when: false
-      when: (balancer_status.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
+      when: (balancer_status_update.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
 
 - name: upgrade ceph mdss cluster, deactivate all rank > 0
   hosts: "{{ mon_group_name | default('mons') }}[0]"
diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/switch-from-non-containerized-to-containerized-ceph-daemons.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/switch-from-non-containerized-to-containerized-ceph-daemons.yml
index 2b4b289e3..e43647216 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/switch-from-non-containerized-to-containerized-ceph-daemons.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/switch-from-non-containerized-to-containerized-ceph-daemons.yml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 
     - name: get balancer module status
       command: "{{ ceph_cmd }} --cluster {{ cluster }} balancer status -f json"
-      register: balancer_status
+      register: balancer_status_switch
       changed_when: false
       check_mode: false
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
     - name: disable balancer
       command: "{{ ceph_cmd }} --cluster {{ cluster }} balancer off"
       changed_when: false
-      when: (balancer_status.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
+      when: (balancer_status_switch.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
 
     - name: disable pg autoscale on pools
       ceph_pool:
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
     - name: re-enable balancer
       command: "{{ ceph_cmd }} --cluster {{ cluster }} balancer on"
       changed_when: false
-      when: (balancer_status.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
+      when: (balancer_status_switch.stdout | from_json)['active'] | bool
 
 
 - name: switching from non-containerized to containerized ceph mds