diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
index ae264d438b..f39b67fe69 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
       run_once: true
       when: delegate_facts_host | bool
 
+    - name: set_fact rolling_update
+      set_fact:
+        rolling_update: true
+
     - import_role:
         name: ceph-facts
 
@@ -123,9 +127,6 @@
             msg: "This version of ceph-ansible is intended for upgrading to Ceph Octopus only."
           when: "'octopus' not in ceph_version.stdout.split()"
 
-    - name: set_fact rolling_update
-      set_fact:
-        rolling_update: true
 
 - name: upgrade ceph mon cluster
   tags: mons