diff --git a/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml b/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
index 42c533e..f2a399f 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: restart mysql
-  systemd: name=mysql state=restarted
+- name: restart mariadbd
+  systemd: name=mariadbd state=restarted
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index 43d35c4..c3fe10b 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 - name: Create system my.cnf
   template: src=my.cnf.j2 dest=/etc/mysql/my.cnf owner=root group=root mode=0644
   notify:
-    - restart mysql
+    - restart mariadbd
   tags: mariadb
 
 # 'localhost' needs to be the last item for idempotency, see