diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_survey_spec.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_survey_spec.py
index 1aff4b8eea..f954538973 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_survey_spec.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_survey_spec.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def test_launch_with_non_empty_survey_spec_no_license(job_template_factory, post
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 @pytest.mark.survey
 def test_redact_survey_passwords_in_activity_stream(job_template_with_survey_passwords):
-    job_template_with_survey_passwords.create_unified_job(extra_vars={'secret_key':''})
+    job_template_with_survey_passwords.create_unified_job()
     AS_record = ActivityStream.objects.filter(object1='job').all()[0]
     changes_dict = json.loads(AS_record.changes)
     extra_vars = json.loads(changes_dict['extra_vars'])
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_survey_models.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_survey_models.py
index 584a4cc7f0..eefc5d97ab 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_survey_models.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_survey_models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import json
 from awx.main.tasks import RunJob
 from awx.main.models import (
     Job,
+    JobTemplate,
     WorkflowJobTemplate
 )
 
@@ -78,6 +79,18 @@ def test_job_args_unredacted_passwords(job):
     assert extra_vars['secret_key'] == 'my_password'
 
 
+def test_update_kwargs_survey_invalid_default(survey_spec_factory):
+    spec = survey_spec_factory('var2')
+    spec['spec'][0]['required'] = False
+    spec['spec'][0]['min'] = 3
+    spec['spec'][0]['default'] = 1
+    jt = JobTemplate(name="test-jt", survey_spec=spec, survey_enabled=True, extra_vars="var2: 2")
+    defaulted_extra_vars = jt._update_unified_job_kwargs()
+    assert 'extra_vars' in defaulted_extra_vars
+    # Make sure we did not set the invalid default of 1
+    assert json.loads(defaulted_extra_vars['extra_vars'])['var2'] == 2
+
+
 class TestWorkflowSurveys:
     def test_update_kwargs_survey_defaults(self, survey_spec_factory):
         "Assure that the survey default over-rides a JT variable"