diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index f1664f2d93..ac838050d8 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@
   service: name=memcached state=restarted
 
 - name: reload systemd
-  action: systemctl daemon-reload
+  command: systemctl daemon-reload