diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
index fec0b07dd9f..c7a8c72a8be 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def privileges_get(cursor, user,host):
             return x
 
     for grant in grants:
-        res = re.match("GRANT (.+) ON (.+) TO '.+'@'.+'( IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '.+')? ?(.*)", grant[0])
+        res = re.match("GRANT (.+) ON (.+) TO '.*'@'.+'( IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '.+')? ?(.*)", grant[0])
         if res is None:
             raise InvalidPrivsError('unable to parse the MySQL grant string: %s' % grant[0])
         privileges = res.group(1).split(", ")