diff --git a/tasks/base.yml b/tasks/base.yml
index 861ad7f60f..5eb1e42aed 100644
--- a/tasks/base.yml
+++ b/tasks/base.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 
 - name: set root passwd
   action: user name=root password=$rootpw state=present
-  only_if: is_set('$rootpw')
   tags:
   - rootpw