diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index 03a4dd8a33..b38604d2f0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import pwd
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_all_subclasses
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3, iteritems
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import configparser, StringIO
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text
 
 try:
     import selinux