diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 208b8c7974..fa8159981f 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ glance_backend_vmware: "no"
 glance_backend_swift: "{{ not (enable_ceph | bool) and enable_swift | bool }}"
 glance_file_datadir_volume: "glance"
 glance_enable_rolling_upgrade: "no"
+glance_api_hosts: "{{ [groups['glance-api']|first] if glance_backend_file | bool and glance_file_datadir_volume == 'glance' else groups['glance-api'] }}"
 
 #######################
 # Barbican options
diff --git a/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml
index d4b401fdd8..6c9f493fa0 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/glance/defaults/main.yml
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ glance_backends:
 
 glance_store_backends: "{{ glance_backends|selectattr('enabled', 'equalto', true)|list }}"
 
-glance_api_hosts: "{{ groups['glance-api']|first if glance_backend_file | bool and glance_file_datadir_volume == 'glance' else groups['glance-api'] }}"
-
 ####################
 # OpenStack
 ####################
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2 b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
index 4d87acde80..09dfc530fe 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ listen glance_api
 {% for http_option in haproxy_listen_http_extra %}
   {{ http_option }}
 {% endfor %}
-{% for host in groups['glance-api'] %}
+{% for host in glance_api_hosts %}
   server {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_hostname'] }} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{ glance_api_port }} check inter 2000 rise 2 fall 5
 {% endfor %}
 {% if haproxy_enable_external_vip | bool %}
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ listen glance_api_external
 {% endfor %}
   http-request del-header X-Forwarded-Proto
   http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if { ssl_fc }
-{% for host in groups['glance-api'] %}
+{% for host in glance_api_hosts %}
   server {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_hostname'] }} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{ glance_api_port }} check inter 2000 rise 2 fall 5
 {% endfor %}
 {% endif %}