diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 5a4161ccde..5d96ad7629 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@
   - config
   - base
 
-- name: iptables service enabled
-  service: name=iptables state=started enabled=true
-  tags:
-  - iptables
-  - service
-  - base
-
 - name: iptables
   template: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/sysconfig/iptables mode=600 backup=yes
   with_first_found:
@@ -127,6 +120,13 @@
   - config
   - base
 
+- name: iptables service enabled
+  service: name=iptables state=started enabled=true
+  tags:
+  - iptables
+  - service
+  - base
+
 - name: rsyslog.conf
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/rsyslog.conf mode=644
   with_first_found: