diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/icx/icx_vlan.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/icx/icx_vlan.py
index 1ffcb5368b6..cb2a83d800f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/icx/icx_vlan.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/icx/icx_vlan.py
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ def map_config_to_obj(module):
 
 def check_fail(module, output):
     error = [
-        re.compile(br"^error", re.I)
+        re.compile(r"^error", re.I)
     ]
     for x in output:
         for regex in error: