diff --git a/playbooks/roles/network_sanity_check/tasks/http_check.yaml b/playbooks/roles/network_sanity_check/tasks/http_check.yaml
index 555d9a41..fda7f11b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/network_sanity_check/tasks/http_check.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/network_sanity_check/tasks/http_check.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - name: Perform HTTP check
   uri: url={{ url }}
   register: uri_result
-  until: uri_result['status'] == 200
+  until: ('status' in uri_result and uri_result['status'] == 200)
+  changed_when: False
   retries: "{{ HTTP_TIMES }}"