diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py
index befc2fb5e70..503a6e3b73c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py
@@ -242,8 +242,9 @@ class LinuxHardware(Hardware):
 
         # The fields for ARM CPUs do not always include 'vendor_id' or 'model name',
         # and sometimes includes both 'processor' and 'Processor'.
-        # Always use 'processor' count for ARM systems
-        if collected_facts.get('ansible_architecture', '').startswith(('armv', 'aarch')):
+        # The fields for Power CPUs include 'processor' and 'cpu'.
+        # Always use 'processor' count for ARM and Power systems
+        if collected_facts.get('ansible_architecture', '').startswith(('armv', 'aarch', 'ppc')):
             i = processor_occurence
 
         # FIXME
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux_data.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux_data.py
index ba2e528d7ac..05dc0e6513c 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux_data.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux_data.py
@@ -495,9 +495,9 @@ CPU_INFO_TEST_SCENARIOS = [
                 '7', 'POWER7 (architected), altivec supported'
             ],
             'processor_cores': 1,
-            'processor_count': 16,
+            'processor_count': 8,
             'processor_threads_per_core': 1,
-            'processor_vcpus': 16
+            'processor_vcpus': 8
         },
     },
     {
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ CPU_INFO_TEST_SCENARIOS = [
                 '23', 'POWER8 (architected), altivec supported',
             ],
             'processor_cores': 1,
-            'processor_count': 48,
+            'processor_count': 24,
             'processor_threads_per_core': 1,
-            'processor_vcpus': 48
+            'processor_vcpus': 24
         },
     },
     {
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/test_linux_get_cpu_info.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/test_linux_get_cpu_info.py
index 542ed4bce2d..cda251e4ea9 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/test_linux_get_cpu_info.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/facts/hardware/test_linux_get_cpu_info.py
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ def test_get_cpu_info_missing_arch(mocker):
     module = mocker.Mock()
     inst = linux.LinuxHardware(module)
 
-    # ARM will report incorrect processor count if architecture is not available
+    # ARM and Power will report incorrect processor count if architecture is not available
     mocker.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=False)
     mocker.patch('os.access', return_value=True)
     for test in CPU_INFO_TEST_SCENARIOS:
         mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.facts.hardware.linux.get_file_lines', side_effect=[[], test['cpuinfo']])
         test_result = inst.get_cpu_facts()
-        if test['architecture'].startswith(('armv', 'aarch')):
+        if test['architecture'].startswith(('armv', 'aarch', 'ppc')):
             assert test['expected_result'] != test_result
         else:
             assert test['expected_result'] == test_result