diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/nginx_status_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/nginx_status_facts.py
index dd2fbd5ee17..c697721b3c0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/nginx_status_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/nginx_status_facts.py
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ class NginxStatusFacts(object):
             return result
 
         result['nginx_status_facts']['data'] = data
-        match = re.match(r'Active connections: ([0-9]+) \nserver accepts handled requests\n ([0-9]+) ([0-9]+) ([0-9]+) \nReading: ([0-9]+) Writing: ([0-9]+) Waiting: ([0-9]+)', data, re.S)
+        expr = r'Active connections: ([0-9]+) \nserver accepts handled requests\n ([0-9]+) ([0-9]+) ([0-9]+) \n' \
+            r'Reading: ([0-9]+) Writing: ([0-9]+) Waiting: ([0-9]+)'
+        match = re.match(expr, data, re.S)
         if match:
             result['nginx_status_facts']['active_connections'] = int(match.group(1))
             result['nginx_status_facts']['accepts'] = int(match.group(2))
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ class NginxStatusFacts(object):
             result['nginx_status_facts']['waiting'] = int(match.group(7))
         return result
 
+
 def main():
     global module
     module = AnsibleModule(
@@ -160,5 +163,6 @@ def main():
     result = dict(changed=False, ansible_facts=nginx_status_facts)
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt b/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
index 4d8e57829e9..427f6f19e20 100644
--- a/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/pep8/legacy-files.txt
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/wait_for.py
 lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_mod_proxy.py
 lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/django_manage.py
 lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/jira.py
-lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/nginx_status_facts.py
 lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_acl.py
 lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_acl_inheritance.py
 lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_command.py