diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/precheck.yml
index 8ef66f68f1..21f4e36176 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       - nova_novncproxy
       - nova_serialproxy
       - nova_spicehtml5proxy
+      - nova_ssh
       - nova_libvirt
       - placement_api
   register: container_facts
@@ -75,6 +76,19 @@
     - nova_spicehtml5proxy.enabled | bool
     - inventory_hostname in groups[nova_spicehtml5proxy.group]
 
+- name: Checking free port for Nova SSH
+  vars:
+    nova_ssh: "{{ nova_services['nova-ssh'] }}"
+  wait_for:
+    host: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}"
+    port: "{{ nova_ssh_port }}"
+    connect_timeout: 1
+    state: stopped
+  when:
+    - container_facts['nova_ssh'] is not defined
+    - nova_ssh.enabled | bool
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[nova_ssh.group]
+
 - name: Checking free port for Nova Placement API
   vars:
     placement_api: "{{ nova_services['placement-api'] }}"