diff --git a/src/common/helpers.py b/src/common/helpers.py
index e6f36ab0021748406a87e267103573ed2ac2bc54..4f4f0a625e104e27a0f4e8f37c09c98d81b71cc3 100644
--- a/src/common/helpers.py
+++ b/src/common/helpers.py
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ def get_os_info():
 		full_path_to_executable = is_in_path(executable, return_abs_path = True)
 		if full_path_to_executable:
 			command = executable + params
-			p = Popen([command], shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, 
+			p = subprocess.Popen([command], shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, 
 				stdout=subprocess.PIPE, close_fds=True) 
 			p.wait() 
 			output = temp_failure_retry(p.stdout.readline).strip()