diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/service_mgr.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/service_mgr.py
index ff7ee7ab4a1..d983604cdb2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/service_mgr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/service_mgr.py
@@ -105,22 +105,22 @@ class ServiceMgrFactCollector(BaseFactCollector):
 
         # FIXME: replace with a system->service_mgr_name map?
         # start with the easy ones
-        elif collected_facts.get('distribution', None) == 'MacOSX':
+        elif collected_facts.get('ansible_distribution', None) == 'MacOSX':
             # FIXME: find way to query executable, version matching is not ideal
             if LooseVersion(platform.mac_ver()[0]) >= LooseVersion('10.4'):
                 service_mgr_name = 'launchd'
             else:
                 service_mgr_name = 'systemstarter'
-        elif 'BSD' in collected_facts.get('system', '') or collected_facts.get('system') in ['Bitrig', 'DragonFly']:
+        elif 'BSD' in collected_facts.get('ansible_system', '') or collected_facts.get('ansible_system') in ['Bitrig', 'DragonFly']:
             # FIXME: we might want to break out to individual BSDs or 'rc'
             service_mgr_name = 'bsdinit'
-        elif collected_facts.get('system') == 'AIX':
+        elif collected_facts.get('ansible_system') == 'AIX':
             service_mgr_name = 'src'
-        elif collected_facts.get('system') == 'SunOS':
+        elif collected_facts.get('ansible_system') == 'SunOS':
             service_mgr_name = 'smf'
-        elif collected_facts.get('distribution') == 'OpenWrt':
+        elif collected_facts.get('ansible_distribution') == 'OpenWrt':
             service_mgr_name = 'openwrt_init'
-        elif collected_facts.get('system') == 'Linux':
+        elif collected_facts.get('ansible_system') == 'Linux':
             # FIXME: mv is_systemd_managed
             if self.is_systemd_managed(module=module):
                 service_mgr_name = 'systemd'