diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible_test_yamllint_avoid_attribute_exception.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible_test_yamllint_avoid_attribute_exception.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd571d6cc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible_test_yamllint_avoid_attribute_exception.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+- yamllint - do not raise an ``AttributeError`` if a value is assigned to a module attribute at the top of the module.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/yamllint/yamllinter.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/yamllint/yamllinter.py
index df13b4c38a3..b9fc73e59da 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/yamllint/yamllinter.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/yamllint/yamllinter.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class YamlChecker:
         def check_assignment(statement, doc_types=None):
             """Check the given statement for a documentation assignment."""
             for target in statement.targets:
-                if isinstance(target, ast.Tuple):
+                if not isinstance(target, ast.Name):
                     continue
 
                 if doc_types and target.id not in doc_types: