diff --git a/tasks/openvpn_client.yml b/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
index c825b803a8..8515f5179d 100644
--- a/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
+++ b/tasks/openvpn_client.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
   notify:
   - restart openvpn
 
-- name: enable openvpn service
+- name: enable openvpn service for rhel
   service: name=openvpn state=running enabled=true
   tags:
   - service
-
+  when: is_rhel == 'True'