diff --git a/upi/openstack/down-containers.yaml b/upi/openstack/down-containers.yaml
index dc3caf8c0ce..a4104dba19f 100644
--- a/upi/openstack/down-containers.yaml
+++ b/upi/openstack/down-containers.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
     ansible.builtin.command:
       cmd: "openstack container list --prefix {{ os_infra_id }} -f value -c Name"
     register: container_list
+    ignore_errors: true
 
   - name: 'Delete the containers associated with the cluster'
     ansible.builtin.command:
       cmd: "openstack container delete -r {{ container_list.stdout }}"
-    when: container_list.stdout|length > 0
+    when: container_list.rc == 0 and container_list.stdout|length > 0