diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml
index 69f91949a..d2cbd9685 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   environment:
     NO_DEFAULT_POOLS: true
   run_once: true
-  when: calico_conf.status == 404
+  when: calico_conf.status == 404 or "nodes" not in calico_conf.content
 
 - name: Calico | Get calico configuration from etcd
   uri: