diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 5784de482c..92409bb7d8 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@
 - name: fix openvpn routing
   action: shell /etc/openvpn/fix-routes.sh
 
-- name: restart postfix
-  action: service name=postfix state=restarted
-
 - name: restart xinetd
   action: service name=xinetd state=restarted
 
@@ -93,6 +90,9 @@
 - name: rebuild postfix tls_policy
   command: /usr/sbin/postmap /etc/postfix/tls_policy
 
+- name: restart postfix
+  service: name=postfix state=restarted
+
 - name: restart glusterd
   service: name=glusterd state=restarted
 
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml b/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml
index 007c0e8be7..cb20baec59 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
   copy: src="postfix/{{ postfix_transport_filename }}" dest=/etc/postfix/transport
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith(('smtp-mm','bastion','noc02'))
   notify:
-  - restart postfix
   - rebuild postfix transport
+  - restart postfix
   tags:
   - postfix
   - base