diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml
index 5123bcda0..2e0a37992 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-openstack/tasks/config.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 - name: Ensure extra configuration parent directories are present
   file:
     path: "{{ item.0.item.dest }}/{{ item.1.path | relpath(item.0.item.src) | dirname }}"
-    recurse: true
     state: directory
     mode: 0750
   with_subelements:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/config-idemoptence-37846db82ecd9f43.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/config-idemoptence-37846db82ecd9f43.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..108343502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/config-idemoptence-37846db82ecd9f43.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes an issue with idempotence of local Kolla Ansible configuration
+    generation.