diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/Debian.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/Debian.yml
index faddc60d1..3a9eb0ff2 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/Debian.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/Debian.yml
@@ -64,3 +64,4 @@
 
 - name: Disable OSD directory parsing by updatedb
   command: updatedb -e /var/lib/ceph
+  ignore_errors: true