diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml b/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml
index 51b7fcf0a1..c26c946c3c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       shell:
         cmd: |
           if [[ ! -z {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['seqno'] }} && ! -z {{ hostvars[item]['seqno'] }} &&
-          {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['seqno'] }} =~ ^[0-9]+$ && {{ hostvars[item]['seqno'] }} =~ ^[0-9]+$ &&
+          {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['seqno'] }} =~ ^-?[0-9]+$ && {{ hostvars[item]['seqno'] }} =~ ^-?[0-9]+$ &&
           {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['seqno'] }} -lt {{ hostvars[item]['seqno'] }} ]]; then echo {{ hostvars[item]['seqno'] }}; fi
       with_items: "{{ groups['mariadb'] }}"
       register: seqno_compare