diff --git a/tasks/virt_instance_create.yml b/tasks/virt_instance_create.yml
index ee074496a9..e6bb20ac8c 100644
--- a/tasks/virt_instance_create.yml
+++ b/tasks/virt_instance_create.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   delegate_to: "{{ vmhost }}"
   retries: 1500
   delay: 10
+  ignore_errors: true
   when: inventory_hostname not in result.list_vms
 
 - name: ARMv7 copy the kernel out