diff --git a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml
index 41cca0f75d..196dff8b0c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 
 - name: Checking the kolla_external_vip_interface is active
   assert:
-    that: hostvars[inventory_hostname].ansible_facts[kolla_external_vip_interface]['active']
+    that: hostvars[inventory_hostname].ansible_facts[kolla_external_vip_interface | replace('-', '_')]['active']
     fail_msg: "Please check the kolla_external_vip_interface settings - interface {{ kolla_external_vip_interface }} is not active"
   when:
     - haproxy_enable_external_vip | bool
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/port_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/port_checks.yml
index ea3e7d72f7..576baa6d2d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/port_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/port_checks.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 - name: Checking the api_interface is active
   fail: "msg='Please check the api_interface settings - interface {{ api_interface }} is not active'"
-  when: not hostvars[inventory_hostname].ansible_facts[api_interface]['active']
+  when: not hostvars[inventory_hostname].ansible_facts[api_interface | replace('-', '_')]['active']
 
 # kolla_address handles relevant address check
 - name: Checking the api_interface ip address configuration
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/production-architecture-guide.rst b/doc/source/admin/production-architecture-guide.rst
index e5cd896f9c..7aa2d7e074 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/production-architecture-guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/production-architecture-guide.rst
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ In Kolla operators should configure following network interfaces:
   with the bare metal cloud hosts in order to provide DHCP leases with
   PXE boot options. Defaults to ``network_interface``.
 
-.. warning::
-
-   Ansible facts does not recognize interface names containing dashes,
-   in example ``br-ex`` or ``bond-0`` cannot be used because ansible will read
-   them as ``br_ex`` and ``bond_0`` respectively.
-
 .. _address-family-configuration:
 
 Address family configuration (IPv4/IPv6)
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst b/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst
index 9a3c8333e4..973a8ce1ed 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ following:
       static_configs:
         - targets:
   {% for host in groups['prometheus'] %}
-          - '{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{ 3456 }}'
+          - '{{ hostvars[host][('ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface'] | replace('-','_'))]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{ 3456 }}'
   {% endfor %}
 
 The jobs, ``custom``, and ``custom_template``  would be appended to the default
diff --git a/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml
index 7dcacd77bc..63ba7b0e39 100644
--- a/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cephadm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 - name: Bootstrap cephadm
   vars:
-    mon_ip: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface_name].ipv4.address }}"
+    mon_ip: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface_name | replace('-','_')].ipv4.address }}"
   command:
     cmd: >
          cephadm
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     ceph_conf_fixed: |
       [global]
       fsid = {{ ceph_fsid }}
-      mon_host = {% for host in groups['all'] %} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + api_interface_name].ipv4.address }} {% if not loop.last %},{% endif %} {% endfor %}
+      mon_host = {% for host in groups['all'] %} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + api_interface_name | replace('-','_')].ipv4.address }} {% if not loop.last %},{% endif %} {% endfor %}
   copy:
     content: "{{ ceph_conf_fixed }}"
     dest: "/etc/ceph/ceph.conf.fixed"
diff --git a/tests/run.yml b/tests/run.yml
index 5c68c1fa93..b93ac2ce61 100644
--- a/tests/run.yml
+++ b/tests/run.yml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
         KOLLA_SWIFT_BASE_IMAGE: "{{ docker_image_prefix }}swift-base:{{ docker_image_tag }}"
         # NOTE(yoctozepto): no IPv6 for now
         STORAGE_NODES: "{{ groups['all'] | map('extract', hostvars,
-                           ['ansible_'+api_interface_name, 'ipv4', 'address'])
+                           ['ansible_'+api_interface_name | replace('-','_') , 'ipv4', 'address'])
                            | join(' ') }}"
         CONTAINER_ENGINE: "{{ container_engine }}"
       when: scenario == 'swift'