diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/control_path.yml b/changelogs/fragments/control_path.yml
index 16190a08701..d8edbc5e9a6 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/control_path.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/control_path.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 ---
 bugfixes:
   - connection - use inventory_hostname while generating control path directory name to make it more unique (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76956).
-
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/connection_ssh/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/connection_ssh/runme.sh
index 54a1bafbc0c..664fd87b825 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/connection_ssh/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/connection_ssh/runme.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH='/tmp/ssh cp with spaces' ansible -m ping all -e ansibl
 
 # Check if control path is different
 ansible -m ping -i control_path.inventory web -vvv 1> stdout.txt 2> /dev/null
-first=$(cat stdout.txt|grep ControlPath= | head -1)
-second=$(cat stdout.txt|grep ControlPath= | tail -1)
+first=$(grep stdout.txt -c "ControlPath=" | head -1)
+second=$(grep stdout.txt -c "ControlPath=" | tail -1)
 test "$first" != "$second"