diff --git a/dracut/30ignition/ignition-fetch.service b/dracut/30ignition/ignition-fetch.service
index 815208b422..892cf45d4f 100644
--- a/dracut/30ignition/ignition-fetch.service
+++ b/dracut/30ignition/ignition-fetch.service
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ DefaultDependencies=false
 Before=ignition-complete.target
 After=basic.target
 ConditionPathExists=/run/ignition/neednet
+# Don't run if the `fetch` stage successfully fetched a config
+ConditionPathExists=!/run/ignition.json
 
 # Stage order: setup -> fetch-offline [-> fetch] -> disks -> mount -> files.
 # We run after the setup stage has run because it may copy in new/different