diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml b/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml
index 88324d54b5..e62a82fc17 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/tasks/recover_cluster.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: absent
   delegate_to: localhost
+  connection: local
   changed_when: false
   check_mode: no
   run_once: true
@@ -83,10 +84,12 @@
         dest: "{{ mariadb_recover_tmp_file_path }}"
         mode: 0644
       delegate_to: localhost
+      connection: local
       changed_when: false
       when: seqno_compare.results | map(attribute='stdout') | join('') == ""
 
     - name: Registering mariadb_recover_inventory_name from temp file
+      connection: local
       set_fact:
         mariadb_recover_inventory_name: "{{ lookup('file', mariadb_recover_tmp_file_path) }}"
   when:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-2073370-268e9a76be9f2ae9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2073370-268e9a76be9f2ae9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d15c65fd1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2073370-268e9a76be9f2ae9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes the MariaDB recovery issue when kolla-ansible is running from
+    a docker container. `LP#2073370 <https://launchpad.net/bugs/2073370>`__