diff --git a/keystone/files/keystone_keys_rotate.sh b/keystone/files/keystone_keys_rotate.sh
index d71eaff..ccec5ff 100644
--- a/keystone/files/keystone_keys_rotate.sh
+++ b/keystone/files/keystone_keys_rotate.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
 run_rsync () {
   local sync_dir=$1
   local sync_node=$2
-  rsync -e 'ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' -avz --delete ${sync_dir} keystone@${sync_node}:${sync_dir}
+  rsync -e 'ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' -avz --exclude 0 ${sync_dir} keystone@${sync_node}:${sync_dir}
+  rsync -e 'ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' -avz --delete-after ${sync_dir} keystone@${sync_node}:${sync_dir}
 }
 
 run_keystone () {