diff --git a/tools/kolla-ansible b/tools/kolla-ansible
index 579f923e9c..f9cb791d0c 100755
--- a/tools/kolla-ansible
+++ b/tools/kolla-ansible
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ EOF
 esac
 
 GLOBALS_DIR="${CONFIG_DIR}/globals.d"
-EXTRA_GLOBALS=$(find ${GLOBALS_DIR} -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.yml' -printf ' -e @%p' || true 2>/dev/null)
+EXTRA_GLOBALS=$([ -d "${GLOBALS_DIR}" ] && find ${GLOBALS_DIR} -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.yml' -printf ' -e @%p' || true 2>/dev/null)
 PASSWORDS_FILE="${PASSWORDS_FILE:-${CONFIG_DIR}/passwords.yml}"
 CONFIG_OPTS="-e @${CONFIG_DIR}/globals.yml ${EXTRA_GLOBALS} -e @${PASSWORDS_FILE} -e CONFIG_DIR=${CONFIG_DIR}"
 CMD="ansible-playbook $CONFIG_OPTS $EXTRA_OPTS $PLAYBOOK $VERBOSITY"