diff --git a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
index f8d6e93381..1adaed0332 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 - name: disable old openvpn service for Fedora
   service: name=openvpn@openvpn state=stopped enabled=false
   when: is_fedora is defined and ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 24
+  failed_when: false
   tags:
   - service
   - openvpn