diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/action/make_tmp_path.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/action/make_tmp_path.yml
index d8fdbb43..21333c21 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/action/make_tmp_path.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/action/make_tmp_path.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
       register: out
 
     - assert:
-        that: out.result.startswith(ansible_remote_tmp|expanduser)
+        # This string must match ansible.cfg::remote_tmp
+        that: out.result.startswith("~/.ansible/mitogen-tests/"|expanduser)
 
     - stat:
         path: "{{out.result}}"