diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index 02c24c7289..e04892d14a 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   - lineinfile: dest=/etc/my.cnf regexp="^collation-server" insertafter="^\[mysqld\]" line="collation-server = utf8_general_ci"
   - lineinfile: dest=/etc/my.cnf regexp="^init-connect" insertafter="^\[mysqld\]" line="init-connect = 'SET NAMES utf8'"
   - lineinfile: dest=/etc/my.cnf regexp="^character-set-server " insertafter="^\[mysqld\]" line="character-set-server = utf8"
-  - service: name=mysqld state=started enabled=yes
+  - service: name=mariadb state=started enabled=yes
     # 'localhost' needs to be the last item for idempotency, see
     # http://ansible.cc/docs/modules.html#mysql-user
   - name: update mysql root password for localhost before setting .my.cnf