diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
index 8beb8ff1d6..f3c1b470da 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ def jsonify(result, format=False):
         return "{}"
     result2 = result.copy()
     for key, value in result2.items():
-      if type(value) is str:
-        result2[key] = value.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+        if type(value) is str:
+            result2[key] = value.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
     if format:
         return json.dumps(result2, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
     else: