diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/pre-upgrade.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/pre-upgrade.yml
index 9315da305..8b75cba0d 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/pre-upgrade.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/pre-upgrade.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   with_items:
     - docker
     - docker-engine
-  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian' and (docker_versioned_pkg[docker_version | string] | search('docker-ce'))
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+    - (docker_versioned_pkg[docker_version | string] | search('docker-ce'))
 
 - name: Ensure old versions of Docker are not installed. | RedHat
   package:
@@ -17,4 +19,7 @@
     - docker-common
     - docker-engine
     - docker-selinux
-  when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and (docker_versioned_pkg[docker_version | string] | search('docker-ce'))
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+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
+    - (docker_versioned_pkg[docker_version | string] | search('docker-ce'))
+    - not is_atomic