diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/install_cloud_cert.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/install_cloud_cert.yml
index d9cacc56f9..4626cf7a97 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/install_cloud_cert.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/install_cloud_cert.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 - name: copy .pem
   copy: src=../../files/fedora-cloud/fed-cloud09.pem  dest=/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/
+  register: cloud_pem_copied
 
 - name: update certificates
   command: /usr/bin/update-ca-trust
+  when: cloud_pem_copied.changed