diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_mdadm.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_mdadm.py
index fb8d1fd6b4..383ade92c0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_mdadm.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_mdadm.py
@@ -46,18 +46,19 @@ class MdadmTestCase(TestCase, LoaderModuleMockMixin):
             # where args between -v and -l could be in any order
             self.assertEqual(len(args), 1)
             self.assertEqual(len(args[0]), 17)
-            self.assertEqual(args[0][:5], [
+            self.assertEqual(args[0][:7], [
                 'mdadm',
                 '-C', '/dev/md0',
                 '-R',
-                '-v'])
-            self.assertEqual(args[0][8:], [
+                '-v',
                  '-l', '5',
+                ])
+            self.assertEqual(args[0][10:], [
                  '-e', 'default',
                  '-n', '3',
                  '/dev/sdb1', '/dev/sdc1', '/dev/sdd1'])
-            self.assertEqual(sorted(args[0][5:8]), sorted(['--chunk', '256', '--force']))
-            self.assertIn('--chunk 256', ' '.join(args[0][5:8]))
+            self.assertEqual(sorted(args[0][7:10]), sorted(['--chunk', '256', '--force']))
+            self.assertIn('--chunk 256', ' '.join(args[0][7:10]))
             self.assertEqual(kwargs, {'python_shell': False})
 
     def test_create_test_mode(self):