diff --git a/roles/common/handlers/main.yml b/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
index 25f49b8..c9b14fa 100644
--- a/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 - name: reload sysctl
   command: sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
 
-- name: reload firewalld
-  systemd: name=firewalld state=reloaded
+- name: restart firewalld
+  systemd: name=firewalld state=restarted
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml
index 477c787..4ff5a99 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Debian.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('8', '>=')
     command: tidy -xml -iq -m -w 0 /etc/firewalld/zones/public.xml
     notify:
-      - reload firewalld
+      - restart firewalld
 
   - name: Copy ipsets of abusive IPs
     when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('8', '>=')
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       - abusers-ipv4.xml
       - abusers-ipv6.xml
     notify:
-      - reload firewalld
+      - restart firewalld
   tags: firewall
 
 # vim: set sw=2 ts=2:
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
index 22216d5..0fecb46 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('15.04', '>=')
     command: tidy -xml -iq -m -w 0 /etc/firewalld/zones/public.xml
     notify:
-      - reload firewalld
+      - restart firewalld
 
   - name: Copy ipsets of abusive IPs
     when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('15.04', '>=')
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       - abusers-ipv4.xml
       - abusers-ipv6.xml
     notify:
-      - reload firewalld
+      - restart firewalld
   tags: firewall
 
 # vim: set sw=2 ts=2: