diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/_accelerate.py b/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/_accelerate.py
index 3bb79122191..c00646fcd4f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/_accelerate.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/helper/_accelerate.py
@@ -738,4 +738,5 @@ def main():
         # try to start up the daemon
         daemonize(module, password, port, timeout, minutes, ipv6, pid_file)
 
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/async_status.py b/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/async_status.py
index 507780b46a1..c0e2526d549 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/async_status.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/async_status.py
@@ -102,4 +102,6 @@ def main():
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()