diff --git a/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml
index 55cf793c95..a8a959dd29 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
   - install
   - openvpn
   notify:
-  - "restart openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}"
+  - restart "openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
index d011ceb114..032cda18ff 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   - install
   - openvpn
   notify:
-  - "restart openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}"
+  - restart "openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}"
 
 - name: enable openvpn service for rhel 6 or Fedora
   service: name=openvpn state=running enabled=true