diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/precheck.yml
index e46aa7626a..33b375b7d1 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -391,6 +391,17 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups['haproxy']
     - "{{ 'nova_spicehtml5proxy' not in haproxy_stat }}"
 
+- name: Checking free port for Nova Placement API HAProxy
+  wait_for:
+    host: "{{ kolla_internal_vip_address }}"
+    port: "{{ placement_api_port }}"
+    connect_timeout: 1
+    state: stopped
+  when:
+    - enable_nova | bool
+    - inventory_hostname in groups['haproxy']
+    - "{{ 'placement_api' not in haproxy_stat }}"
+
 - name: Checking free port for Octavia API HAProxy
   wait_for:
     host: "{{ kolla_internal_vip_address }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/precheck.yml
index 743ff8fa1d..a1f5004210 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
+      - placement_api
   register: container_facts
 
 - name: Checking free port for Nova API
@@ -72,3 +73,16 @@
     - container_facts['nova_spicehtml5proxy'] is not defined
     - nova_spicehtml5proxy.enabled | bool
     - inventory_hostname in groups[nova_spicehtml5proxy.group]
+
+- name: Checking free port for Nova Placement API
+  vars:
+    placement_api: "{{ nova_services['placement-api'] }}"
+  wait_for:
+    host: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['address'] }}"
+    port: "{{ placement_api_port }}"
+    connect_timeout: 1
+    state: stopped
+  when:
+    - container_facts['placement_api'] is not defined
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[placement_api.group]
+    - placement_api.enabled | bool