diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 586dfd4..1e1f965 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -71,16 +71,19 @@
 
   - name: set log filename
     set_fact: puppet_logfile="{{ files.stdout_lines|sort|last }}"
+    when: "{{ files.stdout_lines|length > 0 }}"
 
   - name: create reports directory
     file: path=/var/lib/puppet/reports/{{ ansible_fqdn }} owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=directory
     delegate_to: localhost
+    when: "{{ files.stdout_lines|length > 0 }}"
 
   - name: fetch file
     synchronize:
       mode: pull
       src: "{{ puppet_logfile }}"
       dest: /var/lib/puppet/reports/{{ ansible_fqdn }}
+    when: "{{ files.stdout_lines|length > 0 }}"
 
   - name: post facts
     puppet_post_puppetdb:
@@ -90,5 +93,6 @@
       whoami: "{{ puppet_report_as }}"
     delegate_to: localhost
     connection: local
+    when: "{{ files.stdout_lines|length > 0 }}"
 
   when: puppetdb is defined and puppet_report_as is defined