diff --git a/tasks/keycloak-install.yml b/tasks/keycloak-install.yml
index ef8d69e..f34fbf3 100644
--- a/tasks/keycloak-install.yml
+++ b/tasks/keycloak-install.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
       mode: 0750
     tags: [ keycloak, keycloak_data_dir ]
 
+  - name Check if the avatars directory exists.
+    stat:
+      path: '{{ keycloak_external_avatar_dir }}'
+    register: avatar_dir_creation
+
   - name: Avatar directory
     ansible.builtin.file:
       dest: '{{ keycloak_external_avatar_dir }}'
@@ -50,5 +55,6 @@
       owner: '{{ keycloak_user }}'
       group: '{{ keycloak_user }}'
       mode: 0750
+    when: avatar_dir_creation.stat.isdir is not defined
 
   tags: keycloak