diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 7ff5ea2..d983840 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   shell: sysctl --system
   args:
       warn: false
+  when:
+      - sysctl_updated.changed
 
 - name: sysctl flush ipv4 route table
   become: true