diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py
index dcea2e5f1c8..b03b15fc360 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py
@@ -559,11 +559,12 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         # python interactive-mode but the modules are not compatible with the
         # interactive-mode ("unexpected indent" mainly because of empty lines)
 
-        if in_data:
-            cmd = self._build_command('ssh', self.host, cmd)
+        if not in_data and sudoable:
+            args = ('ssh', '-tt', self.host, cmd)
         else:
-            cmd = self._build_command('ssh', '-tt', self.host, cmd)
+            args = ('ssh', self.host, cmd)
 
+        cmd = self._build_command(*args)
         (returncode, stdout, stderr) = self._run(cmd, in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
 
         return (returncode, stdout, stderr)