diff --git a/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/docker/main.yml b/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/docker/main.yml
index 11b85d558..7769b2a16 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/docker/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/docker/main.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
   when: ceph_health.rc != 0
 
 - include: pre_requisite.yml
-- include: fetch_configs.yml
 - include: dirs_permissions.yml
+# NOTE (jimcurtis): dirs_permissions.yml must precede fetch_configs.yml
+# because it creates the directories needed by the latter.
+- include: fetch_configs.yml
 
 - include: selinux.yml
   when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'