diff --git a/roles/ldapclient/tasks/configLdapClient.yml b/roles/ldapclient/tasks/configLdapClient.yml
index cdf3fa9b31e41f85e8549bfb08583477eb9f5cb6..7e7dad770d8b429aa3603ec1454c6eecabe1bc64 100644
--- a/roles/ldapclient/tasks/configLdapClient.yml
+++ b/roles/ldapclient/tasks/configLdapClient.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   become: true
   become_user: root
   ignore_errors: true
+  when: ldapCaCertFile is defined
 
 - name: "Copy the CA cert"
   copy: src={{ ldapCaCertSrc }} dest={{ ldapCaCertFile }} owner=root mode=644