diff --git a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml
index 61a0dda5c3..644682b4d2 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups['loadbalancer']
 
 - name: Getting haproxy stat
+  become: true
   shell: echo "show stat" | docker exec -i haproxy socat unix-connect:/var/lib/kolla/haproxy/haproxy.sock stdio  # noqa 306
   register: haproxy_stat_shell
   changed_when: false
-  failed_when: false
   when: container_facts['haproxy'] is defined
 
 - name: Setting haproxy stat fact