diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml
index 20698e9aa3..a5e5eb3af6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/external_ceph.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 
 - name: Extract nova key from file
   local_action: shell cat "{{ nova_cephx_keyring_file.stat.path }}" | grep -E 'key\s*=' | awk '{ print $3 }'
+  changed_when: false
   run_once: True
   register: nova_cephx_raw_key
   when:
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
 
 - name: Extract cinder key from file
   local_action: shell cat "{{ cinder_cephx_keyring_file.stat.path }}" | grep -E 'key\s*=' | awk '{ print $3 }'
+  changed_when: false
   run_once: True
   register: cinder_cephx_raw_key
   when: