diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/handlers/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/handlers/main.yml
index f110f5c4e42..4e1e28e5324 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 - name: stop proxy.py
-  command: kill {{ proxy_py_pid.content|b64decode }}
+  command: kill {{ proxy_py_pid }}
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index b75e0996425..7fbba38aaae 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
 - name: get proxy.py pid
   slurp:
     path: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/proxy_py/proxy_py.pid'
-  register: proxy_py_pid
+  register: proxy_py_slurp_pid
+
+- name: set fact for proxy.py pid
+  set_fact:
+    proxy_py_pid: '{{ proxy_py_slurp_pid.content|b64decode }}'
 
 - name: set fact for proxy host
   set_fact: