diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
index 5554c5985..ffe65657b 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
     name: net.ipv4.ip_forward
     value: 1
     state: present
+    reload: yes
   tags:
     - bootstrap-os