diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/mysql_user-fix-versions-compatibilities-regression.yml b/changelogs/fragments/mysql_user-fix-versions-compatibilities-regression.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1089f4ceb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/mysql_user-fix-versions-compatibilities-regression.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "mysql_user: fix regression introduced when fixing MariaDB/MySQL multiple versions handling"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
index d233f8a132..dd68da27f2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ def privileges_get(cursor, user, host):
             return x
 
     for grant in grants:
-        res = re.match("""GRANT (.+) ON (.+) TO (['`"]).*\\3@(['`"]).*\\4( IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD (['`"]).+\5)? ?(.*)""", grant[0])
+        res = re.match("""GRANT (.+) ON (.+) TO (['`"]).*\\3@(['`"]).*\\4( IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD (['`"]).+\\6)? ?(.*)""", grant[0])
         if res is None:
             raise InvalidPrivsError('unable to parse the MySQL grant string: %s' % grant[0])
         privileges = res.group(1).split(", ")