diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/165-initialize-attributes-early.yml b/changelogs/fragments/165-initialize-attributes-early.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd2b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/165-initialize-attributes-early.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - openshift_adm_groups_sync - initialize OpenshiftGroupSync attributes early to avoid Attribute error (https://github.com/openshift/community.okd/issues/155).
diff --git a/molecule/default/roles/openshift_adm_groups/tasks/main.yml b/molecule/default/roles/openshift_adm_groups/tasks/main.yml
index bb823bc..88bfd67 100644
--- a/molecule/default/roles/openshift_adm_groups/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/roles/openshift_adm_groups/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
   # ignore_errors: true
   # register: ping_ldap
 
+- include_tasks: "tasks/python-ldap-not-installed.yml"
 - include_tasks: "tasks/rfc2307.yml"
 - include_tasks: "tasks/activeDirectory.yml"
 - include_tasks: "tasks/augmentedActiveDirectory.yml"
diff --git a/molecule/default/roles/openshift_adm_groups/tasks/python-ldap-not-installed.yml b/molecule/default/roles/openshift_adm_groups/tasks/python-ldap-not-installed.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a79af51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/default/roles/openshift_adm_groups/tasks/python-ldap-not-installed.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+- block:
+    - name: Create temp directory
+      tempfile:
+        state: directory
+      register: test_dir
+
+    - set_fact:
+        test_dir: "{{ test_dir.path }}"
+
+    - set_fact:
+        venv: "{{ test_dir }}/virtualenv"
+
+    - pip:
+        name:
+          - kubernetes
+        virtualenv: "{{ venv }}"
+        virtualenv_command: "{{ virtualenv_command }}"
+        virtualenv_site_packages: false
+
+    - name: Load test configurations
+      set_fact:
+        configs: "{{ lookup('template', 'rfc2307/sync-config.j2') | from_yaml }}"
+
+    - name: Synchronize Groups without python-ldap
+      community.okd.openshift_adm_groups_sync:
+        config: "{{ configs.simple }}"
+      register: result
+      ignore_errors: true
+      vars:
+        ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ venv }}/bin/python"
+
+    - name: Check that module failed gracefully
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - '"Failed to import the required Python library (python-ldap)" in result.msg'
+
+  always:
+    - name: Remove temp directory
+      file:
+        path: "{{ test_dir }}"
+        state: absent
+      ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/openshift_groups.py b/plugins/module_utils/openshift_groups.py
index b77c79d..203651b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/openshift_groups.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/openshift_groups.py
@@ -267,6 +267,15 @@ class OpenshiftGroupsSync(K8sAnsibleMixin):
     def __init__(self, module):
 
         self.module = module
+        self.params = self.module.params
+        self.check_mode = self.module.check_mode
+        self.__k8s_group_api = None
+        self.__ldap_connection = None
+        self.host = None
+        self.port = None
+        self.netlocation = None
+        self.scheme = None
+        self.config = self.params.get("sync_config")
 
         if not HAS_KUBERNETES_COLLECTION:
             self.module.fail_json(
@@ -282,18 +291,8 @@ class OpenshiftGroupsSync(K8sAnsibleMixin):
 
         super(OpenshiftGroupsSync, self).__init__(self.module)
 
-        self.params = self.module.params
-        self.check_mode = self.module.check_mode
         self.client = get_api_client(self.module)
 
-        self.__k8s_group_api = None
-        self.__ldap_connection = None
-        self.host = None
-        self.port = None
-        self.netlocation = None
-        self.scheme = None
-        self.config = self.params.get("sync_config")
-
     @property
     def k8s_group_api(self):
         if not self.__k8s_group_api: