diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml
index 0bf843002b..1ea4c34bfc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     volumes:
       - "/var/lib/nova/instances"
       - "/var/lib/libvirt"
+  when: inventory_hostname in groups['compute']
 
 - name: Starting Nova-libvirt container
   docker: