diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-metadata-fetcher.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-metadata-fetcher.nix
index 760f024f33fb..e78df12c961e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-metadata-fetcher.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-metadata-fetcher.nix
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
     wget ${wgetExtraOptions} --header "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $IMDS_TOKEN" "$@";
   }
 
-  wget_imds -O "$metaDir/ami-manifest-path" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/meta-data/ami-manifest-path
-  (umask 077 && wget_imds -O "$metaDir/user-data" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/user-data)
-  wget_imds -O "$metaDir/hostname" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/meta-data/hostname
-  wget_imds -O "$metaDir/public-keys-0-openssh-key" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/meta-data/public-keys/0/openssh-key
+  wget_imds -O "$metaDir/ami-manifest-path" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/meta-data/ami-manifest-path || true
+  (umask 077 && wget_imds -O "$metaDir/user-data" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/user-data || true)
+  wget_imds -O "$metaDir/hostname" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/meta-data/hostname || true
+  wget_imds -O "$metaDir/public-keys-0-openssh-key" http://169.254.169.254/1.0/meta-data/public-keys/0/openssh-key || true
 ''