diff --git a/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/main.yml
index 4d7d942b6d9..3aed491762a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/file/tasks/main.yml
@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@
     attributes_supported: yes
   when:
     - attribute_A_set is success
+    - attribute_A_set.stdout_lines
     - "'A' in attribute_A_set.stdout_lines[0].split()[0]"
     - attribute_A_unset is success
+    - attribute_A_unset.stdout_lines
     - "'A' not in attribute_A_unset.stdout_lines[0].split()[0]"
 
 - name: explicitly set file attribute "A"