diff --git a/library/supervisorctl b/library/supervisorctl
index 2f33c37ecd1..880388abd5a 100755
--- a/library/supervisorctl
+++ b/library/supervisorctl
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-def _is_present(name):
-    rc, out, err = _run('%s status' % _find_supervisorctl())
+def _is_present(name, supervisorctl):
+    rc, out, err = _run('%s status' % supervisorctl)
     return name in out
 
+
 def _is_running(name, supervisorctl):
     rc, out, err = _run('%s status %s' % (supervisorctl, name))
     return 'RUNNING' in out
@@ -49,10 +50,7 @@ def main():
 
     SUPERVISORCTL = module.get_bin_path('supervisorctl', True)
 
-    if SUPERVISORCTL is None:
-        module.fail_json(msg='supervisorctl is not installed')
-
-    present = _is_present(name)
+    present = _is_present(name, SUPERVISORCTL)
 
     if state == 'present':
         if not present: