diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
index d8648685ac6..7955bd01c02 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         print self.jsonify(kwargs)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    def is_executable(path):
+    def is_executable(self, path):
         '''is the given path executable?'''
         return (stat.S_IXUSR & os.stat(path)[stat.ST_MODE] 
                 or stat.S_IXGRP & os.stat(path)[stat.ST_MODE]