diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/use_trash_output_in_create_admin_via_ssh-dc9cae99934e1fbe.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/use_trash_output_in_create_admin_via_ssh-dc9cae99934e1fbe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80a62ffb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/use_trash_output_in_create_admin_via_ssh-dc9cae99934e1fbe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - When deploying a large amount of nodes, the create_admin_via_ssh workflow
+    could fail due to the large amount of ansible output generated.  This patch
+    updates the tripleo.ansible-playbook action in the workflow with
+    trash_output:true so that the output is not saved in the mistral DB.  There
+    is a log file saved already in case the output is needed for debug
+    purposes.
diff --git a/workbooks/access.yaml b/workbooks/access.yaml
index 2afa0d511..5bbf46b17 100644
--- a/workbooks/access.yaml
+++ b/workbooks/access.yaml
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ workflows:
       write_tmp_playbook:
         action: tripleo.ansible-playbook
         input:
+          trash_output: true
           inventory:
             overcloud:
               hosts: <% $.ssh_servers.toDict($, {}) %>