diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/108-host_fs_layout.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/108-host_fs_layout.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94ba9a756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/108-host_fs_layout.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - 'does not require host_fs_layout to have "disks" attribute when "configure_host_disks==false" (#108)'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/orahost/tasks/main.yml b/roles/orahost/tasks/main.yml
index f365886be..ccc369b25 100644
--- a/roles/orahost/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/orahost/tasks/main.yml
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@
   with_subelements:
     - "{{ host_fs_layout }}"
     - disk
-  when: configure_host_disks and item.1.device != item.1.pvname
+    - flags:
+      skip_missing: true
+  when: configure_host_disks and item.1 is defined and item.1.device != item.1.pvname
   tags: hostfs
 
 - name: filesystem | Create vg