diff --git a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/fetch_image.yml b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/fetch_image.yml
index 30c69289b..b0e4ef914 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/fetch_image.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-container-common/tasks/fetch_image.yml
@@ -176,8 +176,14 @@
     - nfs_group_name in group_names
     - ceph_nfs_container_inspect_before_pull.get('rc') == 0
 
+- name: set_fact timeout_command
+  set_fact:
+    timeout_command: "{{ 'timeout -s KILL ' ~ docker_pull_timeout if (docker_pull_timeout != '0') else '' }}"
+  when:
+    - (ceph_docker_dev_image is undefined or not ceph_docker_dev_image)
+
 - name: "pulling {{ ceph_docker_registry }}/{{ ceph_docker_image }}:{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }} image"
-  command: "timeout {{ docker_pull_timeout }} {{ container_binary }} pull {{ ceph_docker_registry }}/{{ ceph_docker_image }}:{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}"
+  command: "{{ timeout_command }} {{ container_binary }} pull {{ ceph_docker_registry }}/{{ ceph_docker_image }}:{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}"
   changed_when: false
   register: docker_image
   until: docker_image.rc == 0