diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index c02b1776..4871d5e5 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
         password: "{{ ceilometer_service_password }}"
         role: "{{ ceilometer_role_name }}"
   when:
+    - (groups[(ceilometer_services['ceilometer-agent-notification']['group'] | intersect(group_names))[0]] | intersect(ansible_play_hosts))[0] | length > 0
     - inventory_hostname == (groups[(ceilometer_services['ceilometer-agent-notification']['group'] | intersect(group_names))[0]] | intersect(ansible_play_hosts))[0]
   tags:
     - ceilometer-config