diff --git a/network/f5/bigip_gtm_wide_ip.py b/network/f5/bigip_gtm_wide_ip.py
index 29298114b83..c6a49f1fa5a 100644
--- a/network/f5/bigip_gtm_wide_ip.py
+++ b/network/f5/bigip_gtm_wide_ip.py
@@ -163,4 +163,6 @@ def main():
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()