diff --git a/playbooks/roles/os_swift/handlers/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/os_swift/handlers/main.yml
index 97b662392a..2cea1ee8e9 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/os_swift/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/os_swift/handlers/main.yml
@@ -62,21 +62,18 @@
     name: "rsyslog"
     state: "restarted"
 
-- name: Restart rsync service
+- name: Ensure rsync service stopped
   service:
     name: "rsync"
     state: "stopped"
-    pattern: "rsync"
   register: service_restart
   failed_when: "'msg' in service_restart and 'FAIL' in service_restart.msg|upper"
   register: service_restart
   until: add_service|success
   retries: 3
   delay: 2
-  notify: Ensure rsync service running
 
 - name: Ensure rsync service running
   service:
     name: "rsync"
     state: "started"
-    pattern: "rsync"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/os_swift/tasks/swift_storage_hosts_setup.yml b/playbooks/roles/os_swift/tasks/swift_storage_hosts_setup.yml
index 335c3a7cb8..2db0748e5a 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/os_swift/tasks/swift_storage_hosts_setup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/os_swift/tasks/swift_storage_hosts_setup.yml
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: "0644"
-  notify: Restart rsync service
+  notify: ["Ensure rsync service stopped", "Ensure rsync service running"]
 
 - name: "Enable rsync in defaults"
   lineinfile:
     dest: "/etc/default/rsync"
     line: "RSYNC_ENABLE=true"
     regexp: "^RSYNC_ENABLE*"
-  notify: Restart rsync service
+  notify: ["Ensure rsync service stopped", "Ensure rsync service running"]
 
 # We need the location of swift-recon-cron
 - name: "Get location of swift-recon-cron"