diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 07eecbe..64f9af4 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
   service: name=fail2ban state=restarted
   when:
     - fail2ban_enabled is defined and fail2ban_enabled
-    - centos_install_epel
+    - centos_install_epel is defined and centos_install_epel