diff --git a/roles/modify-image/tasks/libguestfs.yml b/roles/modify-image/tasks/libguestfs.yml
index 9d5873c60..14d5f4d6a 100644
--- a/roles/modify-image/tasks/libguestfs.yml
+++ b/roles/modify-image/tasks/libguestfs.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     name: "kernel-{{ libguestfs_kernel_override }}"
     state: present
   become: true
+  when: not chrooted|bool
 
 - name: Run virt-customize on the provided image
   shell: >