diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/encoding_dump_import.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/encoding_dump_import.yml
index 5cbc80e..9ef3af5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/encoding_dump_import.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/encoding_dump_import.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 - assert:
     that:
-      - result is changed
+    - result is changed
 
 - name: state dump - file name should exist
   file:
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     encoding: latin1
     name: '{{ db_latin1_name }}'
     target: "{{ latin1_file1 }}"
+  register: result
 
 - assert:
     that:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/main.yml
index c472162..958e341 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_db/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+- name: alias mysql command to include default options
+  set_fact:
+    mysql_command: "mysql -u{{ mysql_user }} -p{{ mysql_password }} -P{{ mysql_primary_port }} --protocol=tcp"
+
 - name: Check state present/absent
   include_tasks: state_present_absent.yml
   vars: