diff --git a/tasks/openvpn_client.yml b/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
index 6aac6708b1..6a350d0071 100644
--- a/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
+++ b/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
   service: name=openvpn state=running enabled=true
   tags:
   - service
-  when: is_rhel is defined
+  when: is_rhel is defined and ansible_distribution_major_version != '7'