diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index 494d54d2edf..0543aed79eb 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ class Cli(object):
                 clock = clock - options.poll_interval
                 time.sleep(options.poll_interval)
                 poll_hosts = self.hosts_to_poll(poll_results)
+                if len(poll_hosts)==0:
+                    break
 
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