diff --git a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
index 73ca208e14..ea6f70a963 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
   register: selinux_grep
   tags:
   - collectd
+  ignore_errors: True
 
 - name: install our custom selinux module
   command: semodule -i /usr/share/collectd/fi-collectd.pp