diff --git a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
index 65840dec..621a21be 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
@@ -193,14 +193,19 @@ Host *
     })
 
     # Configure Ceph keyring
-    Ceph::Key <<| title == $cinder_rbd_user |>> ->
-    ensure_resource('file', "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.${cinder_rbd_user}.keyring", {
-      owner   => 'root',
-      group   => 'cephkeyring',
-      mode    => '0440',
-      require => Ceph::Key[$cinder_rbd_user],
-      notify  => Service['nova-compute'],
-    })
+    Ceph::Key <<| title == $cinder_rbd_user |>>
+    if defined(Ceph::Key[$cinder_rbd_user]) {
+      ensure_resource(
+        'file',
+        "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.${cinder_rbd_user}.keyring", {
+          owner   => 'root',
+          group   => 'cephkeyring',
+          mode    => '0440',
+          require => Ceph::Key[$cinder_rbd_user],
+          notify  => Service['nova-compute'],
+        }
+      )
+    }
 
     Concat::Fragment <<| title == 'ceph-client-os' |>>
   } else {
diff --git a/manifests/volume/backend/rbd.pp b/manifests/volume/backend/rbd.pp
index db2416f7..04392b06 100644
--- a/manifests/volume/backend/rbd.pp
+++ b/manifests/volume/backend/rbd.pp
@@ -84,13 +84,15 @@ define cloud::volume::backend::rbd (
   })
 
   # Configure Ceph keyring
-  Ceph::Key <<| title == $rbd_user |>> ->
-  ensure_resource('file', "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.${rbd_user}.keyring", {
-    owner   => 'root',
-    group   => 'cephkeyring',
-    mode    => '0440',
-    require => Ceph::Key[$rbd_user],
-  })
+  Ceph::Key <<| title == $rbd_user |>>
+  if defined(Ceph::Key[$rbd_user]) {
+    ensure_resource('file', "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.${rbd_user}.keyring", {
+      owner   => 'root',
+      group   => 'cephkeyring',
+      mode    => '0440',
+      require => Ceph::Key[$rbd_user],
+      })
+  }
 
   Concat::Fragment <<| title == 'ceph-client-os' |>>