diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index a5cc408dd8..5e165f200a 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@
   # http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/install-guide/install/yum/content/basics-ntp.html
   - service: name=ntpd state=started enabled=yes
 
+  # Try moving the yum lines before the mysql
+  - name: install yum repo items.
+  - yum: state=present name=http://rdo.fedorapeople.org/rdo-release.rpm
+  - yum: state=present name=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-1.noarch.rpm
+  - yum: state=present name=openstack-utils
+  - yum: state=present name=openstack-selinux
+  - yum: state=present name=openstack-packstack
+  - yum: state=present name=python-glanceclient
+  - yum: name=* state=latest
+
   # http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/install-guide/install/yum/content/basics-database-controller.html
   - name: install mysql packages
     action: yum state=present pkg={{ item }}
@@ -99,14 +109,6 @@
     action: mysql_db db=test state=absent
 
   # http://openstack.redhat.com/Quickstart
-  - yum: state=present name=http://rdo.fedorapeople.org/rdo-release.rpm
-  - yum: state=present name=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-1.noarch.rpm
-  - yum: state=present name=openstack-utils
-  - yum: state=present name=openstack-selinux
-  - yum: state=present name=openstack-packstack
-  - yum: state=present name=python-glanceclient
-  - yum: name=* state=latest
-
   - template: src={{ files }}/fedora-cloud/packstack-controller-answers.txt dest=/root/ owner=root mode=0600
   - authorized_key: user=root key="{{ lookup('file', files + '/fedora-cloud/fed09-ssh-key.pub') }}"
   - command: packstack --answer-file=/root/packstack-controller-answers.txt