diff --git a/plugins/modules/monitoring/monit.py b/plugins/modules/monitoring/monit.py
index 7a2f5c673e..3d6dda9944 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/monitoring/monit.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/monitoring/monit.py
@@ -56,17 +56,16 @@ STATE_COMMAND_MAP = {
 
 MIN_VERSION = (5, 21)
 
-ALL_STATUS = [
-    'missing', 'ok', 'not_monitored', 'initializing', 'does_not_exist'
-]
-
 
 class StatusValue(namedtuple("Status", "value, is_pending")):
-    MISSING = 0
-    OK = 1
-    NOT_MONITORED = 2
-    INITIALIZING = 3
-    DOES_NOT_EXIST = 4
+    MISSING = 'missing'
+    OK = 'ok'
+    NOT_MONITORED = 'not_monitored'
+    INITIALIZING = 'initializing'
+    DOES_NOT_EXIST = 'does_not_exist'
+    ALL_STATUS = [
+        MISSING, OK, NOT_MONITORED, INITIALIZING, DOES_NOT_EXIST
+    ]
 
     def __new__(cls, value, is_pending=False):
         return super(StatusValue, cls).__new__(cls, value, is_pending)
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ class StatusValue(namedtuple("Status", "value, is_pending")):
         return StatusValue(self.value, True)
 
     def __getattr__(self, item):
-        if item in ('is_%s' % status for status in ALL_STATUS):
+        if item in ('is_%s' % status for status in self.ALL_STATUS):
             return self.value == getattr(self, item[3:].upper())
         raise AttributeError(item)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py
index a12213eda4..2bbbc233bf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py
@@ -89,17 +89,17 @@ class MonitTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.monit.wait_for_monit_to_stop_pending('stopped')
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('status_name', [name for name in monit.ALL_STATUS])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('status_name', [name for name in monit.StatusValue.ALL_STATUS])
 def test_status_value(status_name):
     value = getattr(monit.StatusValue, status_name.upper())
     status = monit.StatusValue(value)
     assert getattr(status, 'is_%s' % status_name)
-    assert not all(getattr(status, 'is_%s' % name) for name in monit.ALL_STATUS if name != status_name)
+    assert not all(getattr(status, 'is_%s' % name) for name in monit.StatusValue.ALL_STATUS if name != status_name)
 
 
 BASIC_OUTPUT_CASES = [
     (TEST_OUTPUT % ('processX', name), getattr(monit.Status, name.upper()))
-    for name in monit.ALL_STATUS
+    for name in monit.StatusValue.ALL_STATUS
 ]