diff --git a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
index 0875e7f2d93c6b340aa1b7d2528bc7edfe2b4a9b..8ef233ac3cf4be7eec78fde55a319a84a98f77b1 100644
--- a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
+++ b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     - syslog
 
 - name: ensure rsyslog is running and enabled
-  service: name=rsyslog state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=rsyslog state=started enabled=yes
   when:
     - syslogserver is defined
     - syslogserver|length > 0