diff --git a/awx/main/models/inventory.py b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
index 28f4b09948..4e671af7df 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/inventory.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
@@ -1373,6 +1373,7 @@ class PluginFileInjector(object):
     collection = None
     collection_migration = '2.9'  # Starting with this version, we use collections
 
+    # TODO: delete this method and update unit tests
     @classmethod
     def get_proper_name(cls):
         if cls.plugin_name is None:
@@ -1397,13 +1398,12 @@ class PluginFileInjector(object):
 
     def inventory_as_dict(self, inventory_update, private_data_dir):
         source_vars = dict(inventory_update.source_vars_dict) # make a copy
-        proper_name = self.get_proper_name()
         '''
         None conveys that we should use the user-provided plugin.
         Note that a plugin value of '' should still be overridden.
         '''
-        if proper_name is not None:
-            source_vars['plugin'] = proper_name
+        if self.plugin_name is not None:
+            source_vars['plugin'] = self.plugin_name
         return source_vars
 
     def build_env(self, inventory_update, env, private_data_dir, private_data_files):
@@ -1573,6 +1573,12 @@ class satellite6(PluginFileInjector):
             ret['FOREMAN_PASSWORD'] = credential.get_input('password', default='')
         return ret
 
+    def inventory_as_dict(self, inventory_update, private_data_dir):
+        ret = super(satellite6, self).inventory_as_dict(inventory_update, private_data_dir)
+        # this inventory plugin requires the fully qualified inventory plugin name
+        ret['plugin'] = f'{cls.namespace}.{cls.collection}.{cls.plugin_name}'
+        return ret
+
 
 class tower(PluginFileInjector):
     plugin_name = 'tower'