diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
index 7c5b3262..b429af26 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     tags: debug
     when:
       - hostvars[inventory_hostname]['private_ip'] is not defined or not hostvars[inventory_hostname]['private_ip']
+      - single_node == false
 
   - name: Wait for Elasticsearch API (Private IP)
     uri:
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@
     delay: 5
     tags: debug
     when:
-      - hostvars[inventory_hostname]['private_ip'] is defined and  hostvars[inventory_hostname]['private_ip']
+      - hostvars[inventory_hostname]['private_ip'] is defined and hostvars[inventory_hostname]['private_ip']
+      - single_node == false
 
   - import_tasks: "RMRedHat.yml"
     when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"