diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index 7bbc9e372e..c09670970b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -986,11 +986,11 @@ class Runner(object):
 
         basefile = 'ansible-tmp-%s-%s' % (time.time(), random.randint(0, 2**48))
         basetmp = os.path.join(C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_TMP, basefile)
-        if (self.sudo or self.su) and (self.sudo_user != 'root' or self.su != 'root') and basetmp.startswith('$HOME'):
+        if (self.sudo or self.su) and (self.sudo_user != 'root' or self.su_user != 'root') and basetmp.startswith('$HOME'):
             basetmp = os.path.join('/tmp', basefile)
 
         cmd = 'mkdir -p %s' % basetmp
-        if self.remote_user != 'root' or ((self.sudo or self.su) and (self.sudo_user != 'root' or self.su != 'root')):
+        if self.remote_user != 'root' or ((self.sudo or self.su) and (self.sudo_user != 'root' or self.su_user != 'root')):
             cmd += ' && chmod a+rx %s' % basetmp
         cmd += ' && echo %s' % basetmp