diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py b/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py
index efdf583dddc5..eadd370a6e6b 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/workloads/fio.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def setup(**kwargs):
         bool: True if setup succeeds else False
     """
     io_pod = kwargs["pod"]
-    if "fio" in io_pod.exec_cmd_on_pod(command="fio --version"):
+    if "fio-" in io_pod.exec_cmd_on_pod(command="fio --version"):
         return True
     # For first cut doing simple fio install
     distro = find_distro(io_pod)