diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix_sysvinit_typo.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix_sysvinit_typo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b727b9772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix_sysvinit_typo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+    - fix typoe in sysvinit that breaks update.rc-d detection https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42734
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysvinit.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysvinit.py
index 5fb5c372fe..6cefb5aebb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysvinit.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysvinit.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def main():
 
     # locate binaries for service management
     paths = ['/sbin', '/usr/sbin', '/bin', '/usr/bin']
-    binaries = ['chkconfig', ' update-rc.d', 'insserv', 'service']
+    binaries = ['chkconfig', 'update-rc.d', 'insserv', 'service']
 
     # Keeps track of the service status for various runlevels because we can
     # operate on multiple runlevels at once