diff --git a/tests/tests_os_defaults.yml b/tests/tests_os_defaults.yml
index 6409a5f..b1e93e5 100644
--- a/tests/tests_os_defaults.yml
+++ b/tests/tests_os_defaults.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
         that:
           - runtime_before.stdout == runtime_after.stdout
       when:
-        - not (ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'RedHat' and ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] == '6')
+        # RHEL6/CentOS6 images have modified sshd_config, different from what is in rpm package
+        - not (ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'RedHat' and ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] == '6')
 
     - name: Restore configuration files
       include_tasks: tasks/restore.yml