diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py
index 06503b07ab2..acf5b78ec97 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def main():
     state = module.params['state']
 
     if not os.path.exists("/etc/locale.gen"):
-        if os.path.exists("/var/lib/locales/supported.d/local"):
+        if os.path.exists("/var/lib/locales/supported.d/"):
             # Ubuntu created its own system to manage locales.
             ubuntuMode = True
         else: