diff --git a/roles/float-base-backup-metadata/tasks/main.yml b/roles/float-base-backup-metadata/tasks/main.yml
index 0f74f7c74167329b6d14ecd56dbc968c1f0c5600..6290aaedb3ead4f850ce76a42f63e320db216c49 100644
--- a/roles/float-base-backup-metadata/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/float-base-backup-metadata/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     name: tabacco-metadb.service
     masked: no
     enabled: no
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - name: Remove legacy backup metadata server systemd unit
   file: