diff --git a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/common.yml b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/common.yml
index cd876fb60..ed81b5106 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/common.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/common.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
     pg_num: "{{ osd_pool_default_pg_num }}"
     size: "{{ iscsi_pool_size | default(osd_pool_default_size) }}"
     application: "rbd"
+  run_once: true
+  delegate_to: "{{ groups[mon_group_name][0] }}"
   environment:
     CEPH_CONTAINER_IMAGE: "{{ ceph_docker_registry + '/' + ceph_docker_image + ':' + ceph_docker_image_tag if containerized_deployment | bool else None }}"
     CEPH_CONTAINER_BINARY: "{{ container_binary }}"
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