diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
index 01a5e486f7..cd3f19856f 100644
--- a/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 - name: rsyncd.conf file
   template: src=rsyncd.conf.download.j2 dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=0644
   notify:
-  - restart xinetd
+  - restart daemon
   when: "'download' in group_names"
   tags:
   - config
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
 - name: systemd rsync file
   copy: src=rsyncd.service dest=/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyncd.service mode=0644
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 34 and ansible_distribution == 'Fedora'
+  when: (ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 34 and ansible_distribution == 'Fedora') or (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 8)
   notify:
     - restart daemon
   tags: