diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_iis_webapppool.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_iis_webapppool.ps1
index 858a151f2a..4172dc2f33 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_iis_webapppool.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_iis_webapppool.ps1
@@ -90,10 +90,18 @@ try {
       Stop-WebAppPool -Name $name -ErrorAction Stop
       $result.changed = $TRUE
     }
-    if ((($state -eq 'started') -and ($pool.State -eq 'Stopped')) -or ($state -eq 'restarted')) {
+    if ((($state -eq 'started') -and ($pool.State -eq 'Stopped'))) {
       Start-WebAppPool -Name $name -ErrorAction Stop
       $result.changed = $TRUE
     }
+    if ($state -eq 'restarted') {
+      switch ($pool.State)
+        { 
+          'Stopped' { Start-WebAppPool -Name $name -ErrorAction Stop }
+          default { Restart-WebAppPool -Name $name -ErrorAction Stop }
+        }
+      $result.changed = $TRUE   
+    }
   }
 } catch {
   Fail-Json $result $_.Exception.Message
@@ -112,4 +120,4 @@ if ($pool)
   $pool.Attributes | ForEach { $result.info.attributes.Add($_.Name, $_.Value)};
 }
 
-Exit-Json $result
+Exit-Json $result
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