diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml
index 91dde1688..b4d729953 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/start_osds.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   register: osd_id
   until: osd_id.stdout_lines|length == devices|unique|length
   retries: 10
+  when:
+    - osd_scenario != 'lvm'
 
 - name: ensure systemd service override directory exists
   file: