diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index d11a710773..6674d326f3 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 - name: Override config.inc.php for the given environment
   template: src=config.inc.php dest=/usr/share/nagios/html/config.inc.php mode=0640 owner=root group=apache
 
-- name: Restart and autostart services
-  service: name={{item}} state=restarted enabled=yes
+- name: Start and autostart services
+  service: name={{item}} state=started enabled=yes
   with_items:
   - httpd
   - nagios