diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index e100ef4bef..112ef0539c 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 - name: restart fedmsg-relay
   command: /usr/local/bin/conditional-restart.sh fedmsg-relay
 
+- name: restart fedora-messaging@koji_sync_listener
+  action: service name=fedora-messaging@koji_sync_listener state=restarted
+
 - name: reload httpd
   command: /usr/local/bin/conditional-reload.sh httpd httpd
 
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 2baf29f475..2b73beaae2 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@
       dest: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/koji_sync_listener.py
       mode: 0644
   when: env == "production"
-  notify:
-  - restart fedora-messaging@koji_sync_listener
   tags:
   - bodhi
   - koji-sync
@@ -100,6 +98,7 @@
   when: env == "production"
   notify:
   - reload systemd
+  - restart fedora-messaging@koji_sync_listener
   tags:
   - bodhi
   - koji-sync