diff --git a/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_sssctl_ldap.py b/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_sssctl_ldap.py
index 0740c0ea0ae..72fa11668c4 100644
--- a/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_sssctl_ldap.py
+++ b/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_sssctl_ldap.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def test_0004_bz1638295(self, multihost,
         tools.sssd_conf("ifp", domain_params)
         multihost.client[0].service_sssd('start')
         cmd_id = multihost.client[0].run_command("id user5000", raiseonerr=False)
-        if cmd_id != 0:
+        if cmd_id.returncode != 0:
             multihost.client[0].run_command("useradd -u 5000 user5000")
             multihost.client[0].run_command("passwd --stdin user5000", stdin_text='Secret123')