diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/add_hosts_to_hostgroups.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/add_hosts_to_hostgroups.yml
index 238ee42ddb..0f56524eb4 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/add_hosts_to_hostgroups.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/add_hosts_to_hostgroups.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: Create host groups
+- name: Add hosts to  hostgroups
   community.zabbix.zabbix_host:
     host_name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
     host_groups: "{{ item['hostgroup']}}"
diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/hostgroups.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/hostgroups.yml
index 088c1a6c44..78d6cf4148 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/hostgroups.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_templates/tasks/hostgroups.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
     state: present
     host_groups: "{{ item['hostgroup'] }}"
   with_items: "{{ zabbix_templates }}" # Hostgroups specific to an ansible group can be overridden in inventory/group_vars/group_name
+  run_once: True
   tags:
     - zabbix_hostgroups