diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index eaf1593dccff81a9fd4701d45cf49219940a5aec..587ee8ef36489590dfa6f736cc4780839f773461 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,10 +67,13 @@
       owner: root
       group: root
       mode: 0o0644
-      validate: mysqld --help --verbose
   notify:
       - Restart MySQL
 
+- name: Validate config
+  command: mysqld --help --verbose
+  changed_when: False
+
 - name: Enable service
   service:
       name: mysql