diff --git a/roles/etcd/handlers/backup.yml b/roles/etcd/handlers/backup.yml
index ba6669b3f051827a03eb5a76c519e69c252607e9..d848cdbcb76ce7fd8d645ae2ebbd6c0145348f6b 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/handlers/backup.yml
+++ b/roles/etcd/handlers/backup.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     - Stat etcd v2 data directory
     - Backup etcd v2 data
     - Backup etcd v3 data
-    - Remove old etcd backups
   when: etcd_cluster_is_healthy.rc == 0
 
 - name: Refresh Time Fact
@@ -61,9 +60,3 @@
   register: etcd_backup_v3_command
   until: etcd_backup_v3_command.rc == 0
   delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
-
-- name: Remove old etcd backups
-  shell:
-    chdir: "{{ etcd_backup_prefix }}"
-    cmd: "find . -name 'etcd-*' -type d | sort -n | head -n -{{ etcd_backup_retention_count }} | xargs rm -rf"
-  when: etcd_backup_retention_count >= 0
diff --git a/roles/etcd/handlers/backup_cleanup.yml b/roles/etcd/handlers/backup_cleanup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e670f46f830a4fb7e5c96a90016de3379c543ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/etcd/handlers/backup_cleanup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: Cleanup etcd backups
+  command: /bin/true
+  notify:
+    - Remove old etcd backups
+
+- name: Remove old etcd backups
+  shell:
+    chdir: "{{ etcd_backup_prefix }}"
+    cmd: "find . -name 'etcd-*' -type d | sort -n | head -n -{{ etcd_backup_retention_count }} | xargs rm -rf"
+  when: etcd_backup_retention_count >= 0
diff --git a/roles/etcd/handlers/main.yml b/roles/etcd/handlers/main.yml
index fa0d273c573dcd16dae9dcbc7c76206107e42b75..ccf8f8f64e163d2aaef70018ce6572422a3d12b9 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etcd/handlers/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     - etcd | reload systemd
     - reload etcd
     - wait for etcd up
+    - Cleanup etcd backups
 
 - name: restart etcd-events
   command: /bin/true
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@
   retries: 60
   delay: 1
 
+- import_tasks: backup_cleanup.yml
+
 - name: wait for etcd-events up
   uri:
     url: "https://{% if is_etcd_master %}{{ etcd_address }}{% else %}127.0.0.1{% endif %}:2383/health"