diff --git a/tasks/oracle/create_db_users.yml b/tasks/oracle/create_db_users.yml
index e75e0ec54a6e8fc00e72ad7dbc541b36cff68911..c8f28c59cae80d24766e1d6db5601e645c79eeae 100644
--- a/tasks/oracle/create_db_users.yml
+++ b/tasks/oracle/create_db_users.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
     state: present
   register: db_user
   failed_when:
-    - "db_user.rc != 0"
     # Ignore this error, because usually, the Oracle DB user has running pro-
     # cesses and cannot be changed while the DB is running.
+    - "db_user.msg is defined"
     - "'is currently used by process' not in db_user.msg"
 
 # The DB user doesn't actually use this dir, but it's nice for admins to put