diff --git a/tests/integration/states/test_file.py b/tests/integration/states/test_file.py
index a318bc7550..5ad09eeccc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/states/test_file.py
+++ b/tests/integration/states/test_file.py
@@ -2294,7 +2294,11 @@ class FileTest(ModuleCase, SaltReturnAssertsMixin):
         # Check that the owner and group are correct, and
         # the mode is what we expect
         temp_file_stats = os.stat(tempfile)
+
+        # Normalize the mode
         temp_file_mode = six.text_type(oct(stat.S_IMODE(temp_file_stats.st_mode)))
+        temp_file_mode = salt.utils.files.normalize_mode(temp_file_mode)
+
         self.assertEqual(temp_file_mode, '4750')
         self.assertEqual(pwd.getpwuid(temp_file_stats.st_uid).pw_name, user)
         self.assertEqual(grp.getgrgid(temp_file_stats.st_gid).gr_name, group)