diff --git a/roles/ci_nmstate/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ci_nmstate/tasks/main.yml
index 79a0aedbd2..b9f980d737 100644
--- a/roles/ci_nmstate/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ci_nmstate/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@
     label: "{{ item }}"
 
 - name: Get k8s nodes
-  when: cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig is defined
+  when:
+    - cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig is defined
+    - cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig is exists
   kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
     kubeconfig: "{{ cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig }}"
     api_key: "{{ cifmw_openshift_token | default(omit)}}"
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
 - name: Provision k8s workers with nmstate
   when:
     - cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig is defined
+    - cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig is exists
     - >-
       _cifmw_ci_nmstate_configs | dict2items |
       selectattr('key', 'in', _cifmw_ci_nmstate_k8s_hosts) |