diff --git a/acceptance/tests/ticket_7139_puppet_resource_file_qualified_paths.rb b/acceptance/tests/ticket_7139_puppet_resource_file_qualified_paths.rb
index f773ba17c..e546d4c50 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/ticket_7139_puppet_resource_file_qualified_paths.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/ticket_7139_puppet_resource_file_qualified_paths.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 test_name "#7139: Puppet resource file failes on path with leading '/'"
 
 step "Agents: create valid, invalid formatted manifests"
 create_remote_file(agents, '/tmp/ticket-7139', %w{foo bar contents} )
 
 step "Run puppet file resource on /tmp/ticket-7139"
 agents.each do |host|
-  on(host, "puppet resource file /tmp/ticket-7139") do
+  on host, puppet("resource file /tmp/ticket-7139") do
     assert_match(/file \{ \'\/tmp\/ticket-7139\':/, stdout, "puppet resource file failed on #{host}")
   end
 end