diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
index 6885276d..ae9d6a32 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/local_actions.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 ---
+- name: Check if certificates already exists
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ local_certs_path }}"
+  register: certificates_folder
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
 - block:
 
   - name: Local action | Create local temporary directory for certificates generation
@@ -69,4 +75,6 @@
   run_once: true
   delegate_to: localhost
   tags:
-  - generate-certs
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+    - generate-certs
+  when:
+    - not certificates_folder.stat.exists
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