diff --git a/test/units/mock/path.py b/test/units/mock/path.py
index 5b7957a69d..f3bd996edb 100644
--- a/test/units/mock/path.py
+++ b/test/units/mock/path.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-def mock_unfrackpath_noop(path):
-    ''' Do not expand the path '''
-    return path
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import MagicMock
+from ansible.utils.path import unfrackpath
+
+
+mock_unfrackpath_noop = MagicMock(spec_set=unfrackpath, side_effect=lambda x, *args, **kwargs: x)