@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ do_install() {

 		lsb_dist='centos'

 	fi

 	if [ -z "$lsb_dist" ] && [ -r /etc/redhat-release ]; then

-		# we use centos for both redhat and centos releases

-		lsb_dist='centos'

+		lsb_dist='redhat'

 	fi

 	if [ -z "$lsb_dist" ] && [ -r /etc/os-release ]; then

 		lsb_dist="$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$ID")"

@@ -438,6 +437,10 @@ do_install() {

 			;;

 		fedora|centos|redhat|oraclelinux)

+			if [ "${lsb_dist}" = "redhat" ]; then

+				# we use the centos repository for both redhat and centos releases

+				lsb_dist='centos'

+			fi

 			$sh_c "cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/docker-${repo}.repo" <<-EOF

 			[docker-${repo}-repo]

 			name=Docker ${repo} Repository