diff --git a/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml
index 6980192748b..00e0f2e7af1 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 - name: assert chdir works
   assert:
     that:
-    - "chdir_result.stdout == '{{output_dir | expanduser | realpath}}'"
+    - "'{{chdir_result.stdout |expanduser | realpath }}' == '{{output_dir | expanduser | realpath}}'"
 
 - name: test timeout option
   expect: