diff --git a/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/pki-basics.yml b/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/pki-basics.yml
index 41d66ad2..fd878c4e 100644
--- a/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/pki-basics.yml
+++ b/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/pki-basics.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
     - '{{ letsencrypt_acme_user_home }}/live'
     - '{{ letsencrypt_acme_user_home }}/certs/fakeselfsignedcert' 
     - '{{ letsencrypt_acme_user_home }}/keys/fakeselfsignedcert' 
-  when: ( true_cert.stat.islnk is not defined ) and ( letsencrypt_acme_install is defined and letsencrypt_acme_install )
+  when:
+    - ( true_cert.stat.islnk is not defined ) and ( letsencrypt_acme_install is defined and letsencrypt_acme_install )
+    - letsencrypt_acme_user_home is defined
   tags: [ 'pki', 'ssl', 'letsencrypt' ]
 
 # 20160506121714 [WARN] fdb: "keys/fakeselfsignedcert" has wrong mode -rwxr-xr-x, changing to -rwx------