diff --git a/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/config.yml
index 4575558ed7..49e56e8008 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/glance/tasks/config.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
   when:
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
     - item.value.enabled | bool
+    - action != "genconfig"
   with_dict: "{{ glance_services }}"
   notify:
     - Restart glance-api container
diff --git a/ansible/roles/memcached/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/memcached/tasks/config.yml
index 5a80ad9ab3..6b008168c8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/memcached/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/memcached/tasks/config.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@
   when:
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
     - service.enabled | bool
+    - action != "genconfig"
   notify: Restart memcached container