diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/assertions.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/assertions.py
index bffc35743..e1b4cdcc8 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/assertions.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/assertions.py
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ def isEqualVirtualHost(first, second):
         first.addrs == second.addrs and
         first.ssl == second.ssl and
         first.enabled == second.enabled and
-        first.modmacro == second.modmacro
+        first.modmacro == second.modmacro and
+        first.ancestor == second.ancestor
     )
 
 def assertEqualPathsList(first, second):  # pragma: no cover