diff --git a/tasks/neutron_pre_install.yml b/tasks/neutron_pre_install.yml
index a83e6de6..a15d6d9d 100644
--- a/tasks/neutron_pre_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/neutron_pre_install.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     owner: "{{ item.owner | default(neutron_system_user_name) }}"
     group: "{{ item.group | default(neutron_system_group_name) }}"
     mode: "{{ item.mode | default(omit) }}"
+    recurse: "{{ item.recurse | default(omit) }}"
   when:
     - (item.condition | default(true)) | bool
   with_items:
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@
       group: "root"
     - path: "{{ neutron_system_home_folder }}"
       mode: "0755"
+    - path: "{{ neutron_system_home_folder }}/ovn-metadata-proxy"
+      mode: "u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX"
+      recurse: True
+      condition: "{{ (neutron_plugin_type == 'ml2.ovn' and neutron_services['neutron-ovn-metadata-agent']['group'] in group_names) }}"
     - path: "{{ neutron_system_home_folder }}/ha_confs"
       state: "{{ (neutron_plugin_type == 'ml2.ovn') | ternary('absent', 'directory') }}"