diff --git a/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml b/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
index f47f6de38c718884079c8d35e9162f7b7531dffd..e6a90fbd6cf96e5c91803c9e14cae5831657b089 100644
--- a/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 - name: ensure the kernel key storage quote used for idmapping is sufficiently high
   sysctl: name=kernel.keys.root_maxkeys state=present value=1000 # default is 200, this quote was reached
+  when: debian_version == "jessie"
   notify:
     - reload sysctl
   tags: