diff --git a/roles/fetch-coverage-xml/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/fetch-coverage-xml/tasks/main.yaml
index 5fade16..c247e49 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-coverage-xml/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-coverage-xml/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -4,13 +4,23 @@
     log_path: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/"
   when: log_path is not defined
 
+- name: Check for coverage.xml
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ coverage_xml_dir }}/coverage.xml"
+    get_checksum: false
+    get_mime: false
+    get_md5: false
+  register: coverage_xml_stat
+
 - name: Collect coverage.xml
   synchronize:
     src: "{{ coverage_xml_dir }}/coverage.xml"
     dest: "{{ log_path }}/coverage.xml"
     mode: pull
+  when: coverage_xml_stat.stat.exists
 
 - name: Return site artifact location to Zuul
+  when: coverage_xml_stat.stat.exists
   zuul_return:
     data:
       zuul: