diff --git a/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml b/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml
index ef9810f..6c8c734 100644
--- a/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml
+++ b/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     resource: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
     state: list
   register: ec2_instance_tags
+  ignore_errors: true
   tags:
     - notest