diff --git a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/src_file_dest_file_in_non_existent_dir.yml b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/src_file_dest_file_in_non_existent_dir.yml
index f5b927d100..17cb6c4f8d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/src_file_dest_file_in_non_existent_dir.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/src_file_dest_file_in_non_existent_dir.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - name: Copy file, dest is a file in non-existing target directory
   copy:
     src: foo.txt
-    dest: '{{ remote_dir }}/new_sub_dir1/sub_dir2/foo.txt'
+    dest: '{{ dest }}'
   register: copy_result
   ignore_errors: True
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml
index 74328d6713..0477378bcc 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml
@@ -938,3 +938,8 @@
 
 # src is a file, dest is file in a non-existent directory: checks that a failure occurs
 - include: src_file_dest_file_in_non_existent_dir.yml
+  with_items:
+    - '{{ remote_dir }}/new_sub_dir1/sub_dir2/foo.txt'
+    - '{{ remote_dir }}/new_sub_dir1/foo.txt'
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: 'dest'