diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py
index b6563cd4f2..3c0d5d4090 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/linux.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import bytes_to_human
 from ansible.module_utils.facts.hardware.base import Hardware, HardwareCollector
 from ansible.module_utils.facts.utils import get_file_content, get_file_lines, get_mount_size
 
-# import this as a module to ensure we get the same module isntance
+# import this as a module to ensure we get the same module instance
 from ansible.module_utils.facts import timeout
 
 
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class LinuxHardware(Hardware):
 
     def populate(self, collected_facts=None):
         hardware_facts = {}
+        self.module.run_command_environ_update = {'LANG': 'C', 'LC_ALL': 'C', 'LC_NUMERIC': 'C'}
 
         cpu_facts = self.get_cpu_facts(collected_facts=collected_facts)
         memory_facts = self.get_memory_facts()