diff --git a/v2/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/v2/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index 66ca86c3969..4689dd2da9e 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -123,20 +123,23 @@ class Facts(object):
                  { 'path' : '/usr/bin/pkg',         'name' : 'pkg' },
     ]
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, load_on_init=True):
+
         self.facts = {}
-        self.get_platform_facts()
-        self.get_distribution_facts()
-        self.get_cmdline()
-        self.get_public_ssh_host_keys()
-        self.get_selinux_facts()
-        self.get_fips_facts()
-        self.get_pkg_mgr_facts()
-        self.get_lsb_facts()
-        self.get_date_time_facts()
-        self.get_user_facts()
-        self.get_local_facts()
-        self.get_env_facts()
+
+        if load_on_init:
+            self.get_platform_facts()
+            self.get_distribution_facts()
+            self.get_cmdline()
+            self.get_public_ssh_host_keys()
+            self.get_selinux_facts()
+            self.get_fips_facts()
+            self.get_pkg_mgr_facts()
+            self.get_lsb_facts()
+            self.get_date_time_facts()
+            self.get_user_facts()
+            self.get_local_facts()
+            self.get_env_facts()
 
     def populate(self):
         return self.facts
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ class Facts(object):
                 # if that fails, skip it
                 rc, out, err = module.run_command(fn)
             else:
-                out = get_file_content(fn)
+                out = get_file_content(fn, default='')
 
             # load raw json
             fact = 'loading %s' % fact_base
@@ -1668,6 +1671,7 @@ class Darwin(Hardware):
         if rc == 0:
             self.facts['memfree_mb'] = long(out.splitlines()[-1].split()[1]) / 1024 / 1024
 
+
 class Network(Facts):
     """
     This is a generic Network subclass of Facts.  This should be further
@@ -1775,7 +1779,7 @@ class LinuxNetwork(Network):
             device = os.path.basename(path)
             interfaces[device] = { 'device': device }
             if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'address')):
-                macaddress = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'address'))
+                macaddress = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'address'), default='')
                 if macaddress and macaddress != '00:00:00:00:00:00':
                     interfaces[device]['macaddress'] = macaddress
             if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'mtu')):
@@ -1798,15 +1802,15 @@ class LinuxNetwork(Network):
                 interfaces[device]['type'] = 'bridge'
                 interfaces[device]['interfaces'] = [ os.path.basename(b) for b in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, 'brif', '*')) ]
                 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'bridge', 'bridge_id')):
-                    interfaces[device]['id'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bridge', 'bridge_id'))
+                    interfaces[device]['id'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bridge', 'bridge_id'), default='')
                 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'bridge', 'stp_state')):
                     interfaces[device]['stp'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bridge', 'stp_state')) == '1'
             if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'bonding')):
                 interfaces[device]['type'] = 'bonding'
-                interfaces[device]['slaves'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'slaves')).split()
-                interfaces[device]['mode'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'mode')).split()[0]
-                interfaces[device]['miimon'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'miimon')).split()[0]
-                interfaces[device]['lacp_rate'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'lacp_rate')).split()[0]
+                interfaces[device]['slaves'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'slaves'), default='').split()
+                interfaces[device]['mode'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'mode'), default='').split()[0]
+                interfaces[device]['miimon'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'miimon'), default='').split()[0]
+                interfaces[device]['lacp_rate'] = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'lacp_rate'), default='').split()[0]
                 primary = get_file_content(os.path.join(path, 'bonding', 'primary'))
                 if primary:
                     interfaces[device]['primary'] = primary
@@ -2740,4 +2744,3 @@ def get_all_facts(module):
     setup_result['verbose_override'] = True
 
     return setup_result
-