diff --git a/tasks/aws_cloud.yml b/tasks/aws_cloud.yml
index a54a833b61..69ba0289db 100644
--- a/tasks/aws_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/aws_cloud.yml
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@
 
 
 - name: Disable iptables, we have Security Groups in EC2
-  systemd: name=iptables state=stopped enabled=no
+  systemd: name=iptables state=stopped enabled=no masked=yes