diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index da910d4439a15a9149291dc4ee3a737360d70172..da084daef0876d26a860894fe15e9f31335e74c9 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
 - name: Verify maintenance_allowed_sources parameter
   fail:
     msg: "Items in maintenance_allowed_sources must IPv4/IPv6 addresses or subnets: {{ item }}"
-  when: "not (item | ipv4 or item | ipv6)"
+  when: "not (item is ansible.utils.ipv4_address or item is ansible.utils.ipv6_address)"
   with_items: "{{ maintenance_allowed_sources }}"
 
 - name: Deploy ferm base rules