diff --git a/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml b/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml
index d59c19100b..41c455fc20 100644
--- a/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/hosts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - name: setup /etc/hosts for some clients
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/hosts
   with_first_found:
+  errors: ignore
   - files:
     - "{{ inventory_hostname }}-hosts"
     - "{{ ansible_hostname }}-hosts"
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@
     - "{{ ansible_domain }}-hosts"
     - "{{ datacenter }}-hosts"
     - "base"
-    errors: ignore
   tags:
   - config
   - hosts