diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
index 2e74012878..fcc04f767b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/handlers/main.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     image: "{{ service.image }}"
     volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
   when:
+    - action != "config"
     - inventory_hostname != master_host
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
     - service.enabled | bool
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
   retries: 10
   delay: 6
   when:
+    - action != "config"
     - inventory_hostname != master_host
 
 - name: restart master mariadb
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@
     image: "{{ service.image }}"
     volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
   when:
+    - action != "config"
     - inventory_hostname == master_host
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
     - service.enabled | bool
@@ -117,4 +120,5 @@
   retries: 10
   delay: 6
   when:
+    - action != "config"
     - inventory_hostname == master_host