diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/470-spacewalk-legacy-python-certificate-validation.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/470-spacewalk-legacy-python-certificate-validation.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35bfa33fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/470-spacewalk-legacy-python-certificate-validation.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - rhn_channel - Python 2.7.5 fails if the certificate should not be validated. Fixed this by creating the correct ``ssl_context`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/470).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/rhn_channel.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/rhn_channel.py
index 69caacf377..63be03230c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/rhn_channel.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/rhn_channel.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def main():
         try:  # Python 2.7.9 and newer
             ssl_context = ssl.create_unverified_context()
         except AttributeError:  # Legacy Python that doesn't verify HTTPS certificates by default
-            ssl._create_default_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
+            ssl_context = ssl._create_unverified_context()
         else:  # Python 2.7.8 and older
             ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_https_context