diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py
index 2abbb41aed..da9c486a86 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py
@@ -1776,4 +1776,5 @@ def main():
 
 # import module bits
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()