diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_metric_alarm/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_metric_alarm/tasks/main.yml
index 00705636448..102747f48a8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_metric_alarm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_metric_alarm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         tags:
           TestId: "{{ resource_prefix }}"
         security_groups: "{{ sg.group_id }}"
+        vpc_subnet_id: "{{ testing_subnet_a.subnet.id }}"
         instance_type: t2.micro
         wait: true
       register: ec2_instance_results