diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index cf5949ab5a..7d912d8189 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@
 - name: start webserver
   service: state=started enabled=yes name=lighttpd
 
-- name: start node exporter
-  service: state=started enabled=yes name=node_exporter
+- name: restart node exporter
+  service: state=restarted enabled=yes name=node_exporter
 
 # setup dirs for the ansible execution off of provisioning
 #- name: dirs from provision
diff --git a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
index 823bfb8d0e..41253757ee 100644
--- a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
   when: aws_ipv6_addr is defined
   tags: ipv6_config
 
-- name: start node exporter
-  service: state=started enabled=yes name=node_exporter
+- name: restart node exporter
+  service: state=restarted enabled=yes name=node_exporter
 
 - name: install nrpe checks
   template: src=copr_nrpe.cfg
diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 1d535e29eb..f8e5ec6be3 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@
       export PGDATABASE=coprdb
     dest: "{{ copr_fe_homedir }}/.bash_profile"
 
-- name: start node exporter
-  service: state=started enabled=yes name=node_exporter
+- name: restart node exporter
+  service: state=restarted enabled=yes name=node_exporter
 
 - name: configure options in node exporter
   lineinfile: