diff --git a/sos/collector/clusters/ocp.py b/sos/collector/clusters/ocp.py
index 97b32ed924..7e22150ee6 100644
--- a/sos/collector/clusters/ocp.py
+++ b/sos/collector/clusters/ocp.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def oc_cmd(self):
             self._oc_cmd = 'oc'
             if self.primary.host.in_container():
                 _oc_path = self.primary.run_command(
-                    'which oc', chroot=self.primary.host.sysroot
+                    'which oc', need_root=True
                 )
                 if _oc_path['status'] == 0:
                     self._oc_cmd = os.path.join(