diff --git a/tasks/nfs-kernel-server.yml b/tasks/nfs-kernel-server.yml
index 316d4be..9515acd 100644
--- a/tasks/nfs-kernel-server.yml
+++ b/tasks/nfs-kernel-server.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       when: ansible_distribution_file_variety == "Debian"
 
     - name: Refresh the exports
-      shell: exportfs -a
+      shell: exportfs -r
       when: update_exportfs is changed
 
   tags: ['san', 'nfs', 'storage', 'kernel_nfs', 'kernel_nfs_conf']