diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py
index bd8ec2268cc..9cd4043ee72 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def run(module, result):
             commands = ['load harddisk:/ansible_config.txt']
             replace_file_path = 'harddisk:/ansible_config.txt'
 
-    if config_diff:
+    if config_diff or commands:
         if not replace_config:
             commands = config_diff.split('\n')
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_add_interface.txt b/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_add_interface.txt
index 02bfb160dfa..4aca2814466 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_add_interface.txt
+++ b/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_add_interface.txt
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ netconf-yang agent
 !
 ssh server v2
 ssh server netconf vrf default
+!
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_del_interface.txt b/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_del_interface.txt
index 42a1d74e7b1..a35e4da75a0 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_del_interface.txt
+++ b/test/integration/targets/iosxr_config/fixtures/config_del_interface.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ netconf-yang agent
 !
 ssh server v2
 ssh server netconf vrf default
+!
+end