diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
index 3d46fa337..a3a85fb72 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   local_action: file path=fetch state=directory
   changed_when: false
   sudo: false
+  run_once: true
 
 - name: generate cluster uuid
   local_action: shell uuidgen | tee fetch/ceph_cluster_uuid.conf