diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index be26b84d1..d37f4bb4e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
   with_items:
-    - { service_path: "{{ ironic_install_prefix.stdout }}", service_name: 'ironic-api', username: 'ironic', args: '--config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf'}
-    - { service_path: "{{ ironic_install_prefix.stdout }}", service_name: 'ironic-conductor', username: 'ironic', args: '--config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf'}
+    - { service_path: "{{ ironic_install_prefix.stdout | default('') }}", service_name: 'ironic-api', username: 'ironic', args: '--config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf'}
+    - { service_path: "{{ ironic_install_prefix.stdout | default('') }}", service_name: 'ironic-conductor', username: 'ironic', args: '--config-file /etc/ironic/ironic.conf'}
 - name: "Create and populate /tftpboot"
   include: create_tftpboot.yml
 - name: "Setup Inventory Hosts Directory"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml
index 0e9503d33..b857df06f 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@
 - name: "Inspector - Place service"
   template: src={{ init_template }} dest={{ init_dest_dir }}{{item.service_name}}{{ init_ext }} owner=root group=root
   with_items:
-    - { service_path: "{{ ironic_install_prefix.stdout }}", service_name: 'ironic-inspector', username: 'ironic', args: '--config-file /etc/ironic-inspector/inspector.conf'}
+    - { service_path: "{{ ironic_install_prefix.stdout | default('') }}", service_name: 'ironic-inspector', username: 'ironic', args: '--config-file /etc/ironic-inspector/inspector.conf'}
 - name: "Inspector - Explicitly permit TCP/5050 for ironic-inspector callback"
   command: iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 5050 -i {{network_interface}} -j ACCEPT