diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ismount.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ismount.py
index 808f256c02c..325a039e8e1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ismount.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ismount.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def ismount(path):
         return False
     else:
         # A symlink can never be a mount point
-        if os.stat.S_ISLNK(s1.st_mode):
+        if os.path.stat.S_ISLNK(s1.st_mode):
             return False
 
     parent = os.path.join(path, os.path.pardir)