diff --git a/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml b/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
index 53a2183ec5..a0f41280ea 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/check_isolated.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         recursive: true
         set_remote_user: false
         rsync_opts:
+          - "--blocking-io"
           - "--rsh=$RSH"
       environment:
         RSH: "oc rsh --config={{ ansible_kubectl_config }}"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
         mode: pull
         set_remote_user: false
         rsync_opts:
+          - "--blocking-io"
           - "--rsh=$RSH"
       environment:
         RSH: "oc rsh --config={{ ansible_kubectl_config }}"
diff --git a/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml b/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
index c57aa4b33d..d9f0c0f287 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/run_isolated.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         dest: "{{ dest }}"
         set_remote_user: false
         rsync_opts:
+          - "--blocking-io"
           - "--rsh=$RSH"
       environment:
         RSH: "oc rsh --config={{ ansible_kubectl_config }}"