diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/airbrake_deployment.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/airbrake_deployment.py
index 282d4c60d30..d6daec2ceb4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/airbrake_deployment.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/airbrake_deployment.py
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ def main():
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
 
-main()
-
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/logentries.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/logentries.py
index f4e3fef3294..c772b6a1cd0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/logentries.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/logentries.py
@@ -152,4 +152,5 @@ def main():
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py
index eafa3e02b77..f7c46b86bec 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py
@@ -184,4 +184,5 @@ def main():
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/nagios.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/nagios.py
index 7de284449c8..37cf4bbe408 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/nagios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/nagios.py
@@ -1077,4 +1077,6 @@ class Nagios(object):
 ######################################################################
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/newrelic_deployment.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/newrelic_deployment.py
index 6224fbf48d7..4d47169e89c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/newrelic_deployment.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/newrelic_deployment.py
@@ -144,5 +144,5 @@ def main():
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
 
-main()
-
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py
index 43b2af94a12..a6d6da7d72b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pagerduty.py
@@ -307,4 +307,5 @@ def main():
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import *
 
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pingdom.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pingdom.py
index 77d23b53ffc..e9511831aab 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pingdom.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/pingdom.py
@@ -149,4 +149,6 @@ def main():
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/sensu_check.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/sensu_check.py
index 6ded2aae8ca..9acbfefa837 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/sensu_check.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/sensu_check.py
@@ -393,4 +393,6 @@ def main():
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py
index ec1f65ed358..2dd8d98331e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py
@@ -222,4 +222,6 @@ def main():
             module.exit_json(changed=False)
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py
index 34b68c78b9f..611a5f9faa1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py
@@ -574,4 +574,6 @@ def main():
             host_name, ip, link_templates))
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py
index 7ef9755a789..39aaccce9e8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py
@@ -237,5 +237,6 @@ def main():
             host_macro_class_obj.update_host_macro(host_macro_obj, macro_name, macro_value)
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
 
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py
index 247b0a8e717..7fe0a494609 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py
@@ -382,4 +382,6 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(changed=changed)
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()