diff --git a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
index ded4e90d15..f03241b19f 100644
--- a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - name: disable chronyd on el7
   service: name=chronyd state=stopped enabled=false
   when: ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
+  ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: enable the service
   service: name=ntpd state=running enabled=true