diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml b/group_vars/all.yml
index bdd0aa0ed..b18e07409 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 # This file contains all repeating variables, that can be set
 # globally instead of parse Zuul inventory file to get proper value.
 #### GLOBAL VARS ####
-ansible_user_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}"
+# NOTE(dpawlik): In some case, when we read variables from group_vars,
+# HOME dir can be pointing to /var/lib/zuul, when it is not nested
+# ansible execution. In that case, to avoid error that we might be
+# pointing to the Zuul dir which is restricted or when the delegation
+# would be use, safe way would be to replace Zuul HOME dir to
+# /home/zuul, which is used in mostly.
+ansible_user_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') | replace('/var/lib/zuul', '/home/zuul') }}"
 cifmw_repo_relative: src/github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/ci-framework
 cifmw_repo: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ cifmw_repo_relative }}"
 cifmw_installyamls_repos_relative: src/github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/install_yamls