diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/service_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/service_checks.yml
index add1cc3188..82728aa302 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/service_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/service_checks.yml
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
     - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version == '14.04'
 
 - name: Checking empty passwords in passwords.yml. Run kolla-genpwd if this task fails
-  local_action: command grep '^[^#].*:\s*$' "{{ CONFIG_DIR }}/passwords.yml"
+  local_action: command grep '^[^#].*:\s*$' "{{ CONFIG_DIR | default('/etc/kolla') }}/passwords.yml"
   register: result
   changed_when: false
   failed_when: result.stdout | regex_replace('(.*ssh_key.*)', '') | search(":")
 
 - name: Checking fernet_token_expiry in globals.yml. Update fernet_token_expiry to allowed value if this task fails
   run_once: true
-  local_action: command awk '/^fernet_token_expiry/ { print $2 }' "{{ CONFIG_DIR }}/globals.yml"
+  local_action: command awk '/^fernet_token_expiry/ { print $2 }' "{{ CONFIG_DIR | default('/etc/kolla') }}/globals.yml"
   register: result
   changed_when: false
   failed_when: result.stdout | regex_replace('(60|120|180|240|300|360|600|720|900|1200|1800|3600|7200|10800|14400|21600|28800|43200|86400|604800)', '') | search(".+")