diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/extra_variables_precedence-001b0b355ada6d39.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/extra_variables_precedence-001b0b355ada6d39.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c285bceb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/extra_variables_precedence-001b0b355ada6d39.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Passed --extra-vars flag to the openstack-ansible should have precedence
+    over the user-variables*.yml now.
diff --git a/scripts/openstack-ansible.sh b/scripts/openstack-ansible.sh
index adcc4a844f..142167da0d 100644
--- a/scripts/openstack-ansible.sh
+++ b/scripts/openstack-ansible.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fi
 
 # Execute the Ansible command.
 if [ "${RUN_CMD}" == "openstack-ansible" ] || [ "${RUN_CMD}" == "ansible-playbook" ]; then
-  ansible-playbook "${@}" ${VAR1}
+  ansible-playbook ${VAR1} "${@}"
   PLAYBOOK_RC="$?"
   if [[ "${PLAYBOOK_RC}" -ne "0" ]]; then
     echo -e "\nEXIT NOTICE [Playbook execution failure] **************************************"
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ if [ "${RUN_CMD}" == "openstack-ansible" ] || [ "${RUN_CMD}" == "ansible-playboo
   echo "==============================================================================="
   exit "${PLAYBOOK_RC}"
 else
-  ${RUN_CMD} "${@}" ${VAR1}
+  ${RUN_CMD} ${VAR1} "${@}"
 fi