diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ambari-server/tasks/prerequisites.yml b/playbooks/roles/ambari-server/tasks/prerequisites.yml
index a7a6df5..ae381fe 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ambari-server/tasks/prerequisites.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ambari-server/tasks/prerequisites.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version == "7"
 
 - name: Enable the ambari-server service
-  service: name=ambari-server state=started enabled=yes
+  service: name=ambari-server state=restarted enabled=yes
 
 - name: Waiting for ambari-server to start listening on port 8080
   wait_for: host={{ansible_fqdn}} port=8080