diff --git a/manifests/backup/xtrabackup.pp b/manifests/backup/xtrabackup.pp
index c73831f38..73297cc12 100644
--- a/manifests/backup/xtrabackup.pp
+++ b/manifests/backup/xtrabackup.pp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       require       => Class['mysql::server::root_password'],
     }
     # Percona XtraBackup needs additional grants/privileges to work with MySQL 8
-    if versioncmp($facts['mysql_version'], '8') >= 0 and !(/(?i:mariadb)/ in $facts['mysqld_version']) {
+    if ('mysql_version' in $facts) and ('mysqld_version' in $facts) and versioncmp($facts['mysql_version'], '8') >= 0 and !(/(?i:mariadb)/ in $facts['mysqld_version']) {
       if ($facts['os']['name'] == 'Debian' and versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '11') >= 0) or
       ($facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '22.04') >= 0) {
         mysql_grant { "${backupuser}@localhost/*.*":