diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/os-stg b/inventory/group_vars/os-stg
index 7e31e1985c..126e16d4f1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/os-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/os-stg
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ host_group: os
 baseiptables: False
 no_http2: False
 nm_controlled_resolv: True
+openshift_ansible_upgrading: True
diff --git a/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml
index ba3b1abc7a..93608689e0 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   args:
     chdir: "{{ openshift_ansible_path }}"
   register: run_ansible_out
-  when: openshift_ansible_pre_playbook is defined
+  when: openshift_ansible_pre_playbook is defined and not openshift_ansible_upgrading is defined
   tags:
   - ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible
 
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   register: run_ansible_out
   tags:
   - ansible-ansible-openshift-ansible
+  when: not openshift_ansible_upgrading is defined
 
 - name: display run ansible stdout_lines
   debug: