From 1d2e1a56482920ff0221bba955a3c1a706147e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:27:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Do not set run_once for meta noop tasks

Fixes #17581
---
 lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py
index 08b7a52c565..dc4ba12491f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ class StrategyModule(StrategyBase):
                         # for the linear strategy, we run meta tasks just once and for
                         # all hosts currently being iterated over rather than one host
                         results.extend(self._execute_meta(task, play_context, iterator))
-                        run_once = True
+                        if task.args.get('_raw_params', None) != 'noop':
+                            run_once = True
                     else:
                         # handle step if needed, skip meta actions as they are used internally
                         if self._step and choose_step: