diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_conditionals/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_conditionals/tasks/main.yml
index 90509d7f630..8d794e497fb 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_conditionals/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_conditionals/tasks/main.yml
@@ -276,8 +276,9 @@
 - name: assert the task was skipped
   assert:
     that:
-    - "'skipped' in result"
-    - result.results.skipped
+    - "result.results|length == 1"
+    - "'skipped' in result.results[0]"
+    - "result.results[0].skipped == True"
 
 - name: test a with_items loop skipping a single item
   debug: var=item