diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
index 062ec0e036..08454467be 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         if not HAVE_SELINUX or not self.selinux_enabled():
             return context
         try:
-            ret = selinux.lgetfilecon(self._to_filesystem_str(path))
+            ret = selinux.lgetfilecon_raw(self._to_filesystem_str(path))
         except OSError, e:
             if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                 self.fail_json(path=path, msg='path %s does not exist' % path)