diff --git a/test/units/TestUtils.py b/test/units/TestUtils.py
index 6241fd77981..241f9cd7e1c 100644
--- a/test/units/TestUtils.py
+++ b/test/units/TestUtils.py
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         cmd = ansible.utils.make_su_cmd('root', '/bin/sh', '/bin/ls')
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(cmd, tuple))
         self.assertEqual(len(cmd), 3)
-        self.assertTrue(' root -c "/bin/sh' in cmd[0])
+        self.assertTrue('root -c "/bin/sh' in cmd[0])
         self.assertTrue(re.compile(cmd[1]))
         self.assertTrue('echo SUDO-SUCCESS-' in cmd[0] and cmd[2].startswith('SUDO-SUCCESS-'))