diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/networkconfig.py b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/networkconfig.py
index 250d5296..2f120970 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/networkconfig.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/networkconfig.py
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ class NetworkConfigPlugin(base.BasePlugin):
     def execute(self, service):
         meta_data = service.get_meta_data('openstack')
         if 'network_config' not in meta_data:
-            return False
+            return (base.PLUGIN_EXECUTION_DONE, False)
+
         network_config = meta_data['network_config']
         if 'content_path' not in network_config:
-            return False
+            return (base.PLUGIN_EXECUTION_DONE, False)
 
         content_path = network_config['content_path']
         content_name = content_path.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sethostname.py b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sethostname.py
index f42e4c07..3473d432 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sethostname.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sethostname.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SetHostNamePlugin(base.BasePlugin):
         meta_data = service.get_meta_data('openstack')
         if 'hostname' not in meta_data:
             LOG.debug('Hostname not found in metadata')
-            return False
+            return (base.PLUGIN_EXECUTION_DONE, False)
 
         osutils = osutils_factory.OSUtilsFactory().get_os_utils()
 
diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sshpublickeys.py b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sshpublickeys.py
index 58a48810..bff5d68d 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sshpublickeys.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/sshpublickeys.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class SetUserSSHPublicKeysPlugin(base.BasePlugin):
     def execute(self, service):
         meta_data = service.get_meta_data('openstack')
         if not 'public_keys' in meta_data:
-            return False
+            return (base.PLUGIN_EXECUTION_DONE, False)
 
         username = CONF.username
 
diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdata.py b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdata.py
index 5c7ac249..b85850ef 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdata.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdata.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import re
 import tempfile
 import uuid
 
+from cloudbaseinit.metadata.services import base as metadata_services_base
 from cloudbaseinit.openstack.common import log as logging
 from cloudbaseinit.osutils import factory as osutils_factory
 from cloudbaseinit.plugins import base
@@ -28,9 +29,13 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class UserDataPlugin(base.BasePlugin):
     def execute(self, service):
-        user_data = service.get_user_data('openstack')
+        try:
+            user_data = service.get_user_data('openstack')
+        except metadata_services_base.NotExistingMetadataException:
+            return (base.PLUGIN_EXECUTION_DONE, False)
+
         if not user_data:
-            return False
+            return (base.PLUGIN_EXECUTION_DONE, False)
 
         LOG.debug('User data content:\n%s' % user_data)
 
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ class UserDataPlugin(base.BasePlugin):
         else:
             # Unsupported
             LOG.warning('Unsupported user_data format')
-            return False
+            return (base.PLUGIN_EXECUTION_DONE, False)
 
         try:
             with open(target_path, 'wb') as f: