diff --git a/vars/fedora-18.yml b/vars/fedora-18.yml
index 378463b84..8a5d11781 100644
--- a/vars/fedora-18.yml
+++ b/vars/fedora-18.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ apache_log_dir: /var/log/httpd
 smb_service: smb
 nmb_service: nmb
 systemctl_program: /usr/bin/systemctl
-mysql_service: mariadb
+mysql_service: mysqld
 apache_log: /var/log/httpd/access_log
 apache_log_dir: /var/log/httpd
 php_version: 5