diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/handlers/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/handlers/main.yml
index 326cfd96b0..8e31053edd 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/handlers/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     state: restarted
     pattern: "{{ item.1 }}"
   with_subelements:
-  - ceph_components
+  - "{{ ceph_components }}"
   - service
   when: inventory_hostname in groups[item.0.component]
   failed_when: false
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
index b85c5e0f64..a291b0792b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   # output to put in a keyring; ceph admin should have already created the user
   shell: ceph auth get client.{{ item.1 }} >/dev/null && ceph auth get-or-create client.{{ item.1 }}
   with_subelements:
-  - ceph_components
+  - "{{ ceph_components }}"
   - client
   when: >
     inventory_hostname in groups[item.0.component] and
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_install_apt.yml b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_install_apt.yml
index 3fadbb985f..ee7ea89907 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_install_apt.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_install_apt.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
   with_subelements:
-  - ceph_components
+  - "{{ ceph_components }}"
   - package
   when: inventory_hostname in groups[item.0.component]
   notify: