diff --git a/roles/mellanox_drivers/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mellanox_drivers/tasks/main.yml
index b41e22788f8c1923d110024de897ad229a820de3..c54e424e388f7dd539873fdcc5d1197061b3d68a 100644
--- a/roles/mellanox_drivers/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mellanox_drivers/tasks/main.yml
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
 - name: query ibstat for devicename
   shell: /usr/sbin/ibstat | grep mlx5 | awk '{print $2}' | head -n 1 | sed -r "s#'##g"
   register: qibdevicename
+  check_mode: no
   #when: not statrocemode.stat.exists
 
 - name: print qibdevicename