diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_service_offerings.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_service_offerings.py
index 62e39e195c2..c6a14a64471 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_service_offerings.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_service_offerings.py
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ class TestCpuCapServiceOfferings(cloudstackTestCase):
         #Get host CPU usage from top command before and after VM consuming 100% CPU
         find_pid_cmd = "ps -ax | grep '%s' | head -1 | awk '{print $1}'" % self.vm.id
         pid = ssh_host.execute(find_pid_cmd)[0]
-        cpu_usage_cmd = "top -b n 1 p %s | tail -1 | awk '{print $9}'" % pid
+        cpu_usage_cmd = "top -b -n 1 -p %s | tail -1 | awk '{print $9}'" % pid
         host_cpu_usage_before_str = ssh_host.execute(cpu_usage_cmd)[0]
 
         host_cpu_usage_before = round(float(host_cpu_usage_before_str))