diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/files/patch.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/files/patch.py
index 123d667fdb..8b62c51907 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/files/patch.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/files/patch.py
@@ -193,4 +193,6 @@ def main():
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
-main()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()