diff --git a/mysql/tasks/main.yml b/mysql/tasks/main.yml
index 39c9384f8d71773d1d32ad484aa1212ea86a2a77..c2707d369891d65f02dab19adadaa53ea154256d 100644
--- a/mysql/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/mysql/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     - mysql
 
 - name: ensure mysql is started
-  service: name=mysql state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=mysql state=started enabled=yes
   tags:
     - service
     - mysql
diff --git a/postgres/tasks/main.yml b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
index 3a00f677bd954bfc91a17e7483ed0c26f547c468..ee8897ecd59c0f3e88c2b53be35d703a402681aa 100644
--- a/postgres/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     - postgres
 
 - name: ensure postgres is started
-  service: name=postgresql state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=postgresql state=started enabled=yes
   tags:
     - service
     - postgres