diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
index d9d4aaa5b..ac9a24899 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ class DeployOvercloud(command.Command):
                 self.log.error(e)
 
             try:
-                if parsed_args.config_download:
+                if do_stack:
                     # Create overcloud export
                     data = export.export_overcloud(
                         self.working_dir,