diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/tasks/basedirs.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/tasks/basedirs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7add2dac5394563a36e3ee8a403a53a44b90fcf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/tasks/basedirs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+# include to workaround mitogen issue
+# https://github.com/dw/mitogen/issues/663
+
+- name: "Local Volume Provisioner | Ensure base dir {{ delegate_host_base_dir.1 }} is created on {{ delegate_host_base_dir.0 }}"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ local_volume_provisioner_storage_classes[delegate_host_base_dir.1].host_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "{{ local_volume_provisioner_directory_mode }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ delegate_host_base_dir.0 }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
index 862084b7b98045b59b7efd6376967f466ed10baf..b4c4f68eb963a7777acff17d79d2128e2774ab02 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_volume_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 ---
+
 - name: Local Volume Provisioner | Ensure base dir is created on all hosts
-  file:
-    path: "{{ local_volume_provisioner_storage_classes[item.1].host_dir }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: "{{ local_volume_provisioner_directory_mode }}"
-  delegate_to: "{{ item[0] }}"
-  with_nested:
-    - "{{ groups['k8s-cluster'] }}"
-    - "{{ local_volume_provisioner_storage_classes.keys() | list }}"
+  include_tasks: basedirs.yml
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: delegate_host_base_dir
+  loop: "{{ groups['k8s-cluster'] | product(local_volume_provisioner_storage_classes.keys()) | list }}"
 
 - name: Local Volume Provisioner | Create addon dir
   file: