diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
index 650237386d..38b35f3c11 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 - name: Create hard disk images (this may take a long time!)
   command: "/etc/cron.daily/createhdds"
   when: "diskcheck.rc > 1"
+  ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: Create exports file
   copy: src=exports dest=/etc/exports.d/openqa.exports owner=root group=root mode=0644