diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
index e98ee215e..b7a75e7f5 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     auth_type: "{{ auth_type | default(omit) }}"
     auth: "{{ auth | default(omit) }}"
     ironic_url: "{{ ironic_url | default(omit) }}"
-    uuid: "{{ uuid }}"
+    uuid: "{{ uuid | default('') }}"
+    name: "{{ name | default('') }}"
     timeout: "{{ inspection_wait_timeout }}"
   delegate_to: localhost