diff --git a/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh b/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh
index 9a4f916bdc..d8e570ea5e 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ done
 
 #NOTE: Deploy command
 : ${OSH_EXTRA_HELM_ARGS:=""}
-uuidgen > /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt
+[ -s /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt ] || uuidgen > /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt
 CEPH_FS_ID="$(cat /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt)"
 #NOTE(portdirect): to use RBD devices with Ubuntu kernels < 4.5 this
 # should be set to 'hammer'
diff --git a/tools/deployment/multinode/030-ceph.sh b/tools/deployment/multinode/030-ceph.sh
index 3a7f542b62..7057316274 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/multinode/030-ceph.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/multinode/030-ceph.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 set -xe
 
 #NOTE: Deploy command
-uuidgen > /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt
+[ -s /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt ] || uuidgen > /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt
 CEPH_PUBLIC_NETWORK="$(./tools/deployment/multinode/kube-node-subnet.sh)"
 CEPH_CLUSTER_NETWORK="$(./tools/deployment/multinode/kube-node-subnet.sh)"
 CEPH_FS_ID="$(cat /tmp/ceph-fs-uuid.txt)"