diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
index fa8d04725c..d0081332cd 100644
--- a/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
-- name: make sure rsync is enabled in xinetd
-  service: name=rsync state=started
+- name: make sure xinetd is started
+  service: name=xinetd state=started
   tags:
   - services