diff --git a/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-osd.yaml b/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-osd.yaml
index de55924b32..80f5720842 100644
--- a/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-osd.yaml
+++ b/docker/services/ceph-ansible/ceph-osd.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ outputs:
     description: Role data for the Ceph OSD service.
     value:
       service_name: ceph_osd
-      upgrade_tasks: []
+      upgrade_tasks:
+        - name: Check legacy Ceph hieradata
+          tags: step0,validation
+          shell: test "nil" == "$(hiera -c /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml ceph::profile::params::osds)"
       step_config: ''
       puppet_config:
         config_image: ''