diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
index a3588e2e0bd..3133ab26ba8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ModuleReplacer(object):
         module_style = 'old'
         if REPLACER in module_data:
             module_style = 'new'
-        elif 'from ansible.snippets.' in module_data:
+        elif 'from ansible.module_utils.' in module_data:
             module_style = 'new'
         elif 'WANT_JSON' in module_data:
             module_style = 'non_native_want_json'