diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
index 1cbf55b78680163b0c22393a59319e5cf107d396..cd0f3b2bcc3e072c0a9db52c7cedc70fbdbc46ed 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
     name: net.ipv4.ip_forward
     value: 1
     state: present
+    reload: yes
   tags:
     - bootstrap-os