diff --git a/test/integration/targets/nxos_vxlan_vtep/tests/common/sanity.yaml b/test/integration/targets/nxos_vxlan_vtep/tests/common/sanity.yaml
index 814279a2e0..2be09de27d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/nxos_vxlan_vtep/tests/common/sanity.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/nxos_vxlan_vtep/tests/common/sanity.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   - block:
     - set_fact: global_suppress_arp="true"
     - set_fact: def_global_suppress_arp="false"
-    when: tcam_state.stdout[0] != 0
+    when: "tcam_state.stdout[0]|int > 0"
 
   when:  platform is search('N9K') and (major_version is version('9.2', 'ge'))