diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml
index 71a2679d002..7f490936275 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
     - cloud_provider is defined
     - cloud_provider == 'openstack'
     - openstack_cacert is defined
-    - openstack_cacert
+    - openstack_cacert != ""
   tags:
     - cloud-provider
 
@@ -197,4 +197,4 @@
 - import_tasks: kubelet.yml
   tags:
     - kubelet
-    - kubeadm
\ No newline at end of file
+    - kubeadm