diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4407229..6bbe85a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /tests/output/
 /changelogs/.plugin-cache.yaml
+*.swp
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/001-mysql_user_fix_pars_users_with_roles_assigned.yml b/changelogs/fragments/001-mysql_user_fix_pars_users_with_roles_assigned.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..121bc467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/001-mysql_user_fix_pars_users_with_roles_assigned.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- mysql_user - fix parsing privs when a user has roles assigned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/231).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
index 89cbdd8b..2fb76fdd 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
@@ -750,8 +750,19 @@ def pick(x):
 
     for grant in grants:
         res = re.match("""GRANT (.+) ON (.+) TO (['`"]).*\\3@(['`"]).*\\4( IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD (['`"]).+\\6)? ?(.*)""", grant[0])
+
         if res is None:
+            # If a user has roles assigned, we'll have one of priv tuples looking like
+            # GRANT `admin`@`%` TO `user1`@`localhost`
+            # which will result None as res value.
+            # As we use the mysql_role module (community.mysql 2.0.0+) to manipulate roles
+            # we just ignore such privs below:
+            res = re.match("""GRANT (.+) TO (['`"]).*""", grant[0])
+            if res:
+                continue
+
             raise InvalidPrivsError('unable to parse the MySQL grant string: %s' % grant[0])
+
         privileges = res.group(1).split(",")
         privileges = [pick(x.strip()) for x in privileges]
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/main.yml
index 93cb12dd..9b6caf34 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -282,3 +282,6 @@
     - import_tasks: issue-64560.yaml
       tags:
         - issue-64560
+
+    # https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/231
+    - include: test_user_grants_with_roles_applied.yml
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_grants_with_roles_applied.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_grants_with_roles_applied.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7af38904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_grants_with_roles_applied.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/231
+- vars:
+    mysql_parameters: &mysql_params
+      login_user: '{{ mysql_user }}'
+      login_password: '{{ mysql_password }}'
+      login_host: 127.0.0.1
+      login_port: '{{ mysql_primary_port }}'
+
+  block:
+    - name: Get server version
+      mysql_info:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+      register: srv
+
+    # Skip unsupported versions
+    - meta: end_play
+      when: srv['version']['major'] < 8
+
+    - name: Create test databases
+      mysql_db:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        name: '{{ item }}'
+        state: present
+      loop:
+      - data1
+      - data2
+
+    - name: Create user with privileges
+      mysql_user:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        name: '{{ user_name_3 }}'
+        password: '{{ user_password_3 }}'
+        priv:
+          "data1.*": "SELECT"
+          "data2.*": "SELECT"
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Run command to show privileges for user (expect privileges in stdout)
+      command: "{{ mysql_command }} -e \"SHOW GRANTS FOR '{{ user_name_3 }}'@'localhost'\""
+      register: result
+
+    - name: Assert user has giving privileges
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - "'GRANT SELECT ON `data1`.*' in result.stdout"
+          - "'GRANT SELECT ON `data2`.*' in result.stdout"
+
+    - name: Create role
+      mysql_query:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        query: CREATE ROLE IF NOT EXISTS test231
+
+
+    - name: Grant role
+      mysql_query:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        query: 'GRANT test231 TO {{ user_name_3 }}@localhost'
+
+    - name: Try to change privs
+      mysql_user:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        name: '{{ user_name_3 }}'
+        priv:
+          "data1.*": "INSERT"
+          "data2.*": "INSERT"
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Run command to show privileges for user (expect privileges in stdout)
+      command: "{{ mysql_command }} -e \"SHOW GRANTS FOR '{{ user_name_3 }}'@'localhost'\""
+      register: result
+
+    - name: Assert user has giving privileges
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - "'GRANT INSERT ON `data1`.*' in result.stdout"
+          - "'GRANT INSERT ON `data2`.*' in result.stdout"
+
+    ##########
+    # Clean up
+    - name: Drop test databases
+      mysql_db:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        name: '{{ item }}'
+        state: present
+      loop:
+      - data1
+      - data2
+
+    - name: Drop test user
+      mysql_user:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        name: '{{ user_name_3 }}'
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Drop test role
+      mysql_query:
+        <<: *mysql_params
+        query: DROP ROLE IF EXISTS test231