diff --git a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
index f044614165..6edeb6c834 100644
--- a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
   tags:
   - packages
 
+- name: restart node exporter
+  service: state=started enabled=yes name=node_exporter
+
 - name: install dev helper packages
   dnf:
     state: present
@@ -92,9 +95,6 @@
   when: aws_ipv6_addr is defined
   tags: ipv6_config
 
-- name: restart node exporter
-  service: state=restarted enabled=yes name=node_exporter
-
 - name: install nrpe checks
   template: src=copr_nrpe.cfg
             dest=/etc/nrpe.d/copr_nrpe.cfg
diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 1c1d281067..d1cfa93710 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@
       export PGDATABASE=coprdb
     dest: "{{ copr_fe_homedir }}/.bash_profile"
 
-- name: restart node exporter
-  service: state=restarted enabled=yes name=node_exporter
-
 - name: configure options in node exporter
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/default/prometheus-node-exporter