diff --git a/sdcm/cluster.py b/sdcm/cluster.py
index 5528ccaed3..accf747f51 100644
--- a/sdcm/cluster.py
+++ b/sdcm/cluster.py
@@ -4626,7 +4626,7 @@ def scylla_configure_non_root_installation(self, node, devname):
 
     def node_setup(self, node: BaseNode, verbose: bool = False, timeout: int = 3600):  # pylint: disable=too-many-branches,too-many-statements,too-many-locals
         node.wait_ssh_up(verbose=verbose, timeout=timeout)
-        if node.distro.is_centos9 or node.distro.is_rhel8 or node.distro.is_oel8 or node.distro.is_rocky8 or node.distro.is_rocky9:
+        if node.distro.is_rhel_like:
             node.remoter.sudo('systemctl stop iptables', ignore_status=True)
             node.remoter.sudo('systemctl disable iptables', ignore_status=True)
             node.remoter.sudo('systemctl stop firewalld', ignore_status=True)