diff --git a/playbooks/host-reboot.yml b/playbooks/host-reboot.yml
index 60aff0cbe2..f1914f31fe 100644
--- a/playbooks/host-reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/host-reboot.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   tasks:
   - name: see if it needs to be rebooted
     action: command /usr/local/bin/needs-reboot.py
-    ignore_errors: True
     register: needsreboot
 
   # ADDME tell nagios to be quiet