diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/51473-openssl_csr-idempotence.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/51473-openssl_csr-idempotence.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed636b4a8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/51473-openssl_csr-idempotence.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "openssl_csr - fixes idempotence problem with PyOpenSSL backend when no Subject Alternative Names were specified."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py
index cba9e068122..32a21c22b5f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssl_csr.py
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class CertificateSigningRequest(crypto_utils.OpenSSLObject):
 
         def _check_subjectAltName(extensions):
             altnames_ext = next((ext for ext in extensions if ext.get_short_name() == b'subjectAltName'), '')
-            altnames = [altname.strip() for altname in str(altnames_ext).split(',')]
+            altnames = [altname.strip() for altname in str(altnames_ext).split(',') if altname.strip() if altname.strip()]
             # apperently openssl returns 'IP address' not 'IP' as specifier when converting the subjectAltName to string
             # although it won't accept this specifier when generating the CSR. (https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/4004)
             altnames = [name if not name.startswith('IP Address:') else "IP:" + name.split(':', 1)[1] for name in altnames]
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tasks/main.yml
index 5c394ee503f..9cbe27058a0 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,32 @@
       check_mode: yes
       register: generate_csr_check_idempotent_check
 
+    - name: Generate CSR without SAN (check mode)
+      openssl_csr:
+        path: '{{ output_dir }}/csr-nosan.csr'
+        privatekey_path: '{{ output_dir }}/privatekey.pem'
+      check_mode: yes
+      register: generate_csr_nosan_check
+
+    - name: Generate CSR without SAN
+      openssl_csr:
+        path: '{{ output_dir }}/csr-nosan.csr'
+        privatekey_path: '{{ output_dir }}/privatekey.pem'
+      register: generate_csr_nosan
+
+    - name: Generate CSR without SAN (idempotent)
+      openssl_csr:
+        path: '{{ output_dir }}/csr-nosan.csr'
+        privatekey_path: '{{ output_dir }}/privatekey.pem'
+      register: generate_csr_nosan_check_idempotent
+
+    - name: Generate CSR without SAN (idempotent, check mode)
+      openssl_csr:
+        path: '{{ output_dir }}/csr-nosan.csr'
+        privatekey_path: '{{ output_dir }}/privatekey.pem'
+      check_mode: yes
+      register: generate_csr_nosan_check_idempotent_check
+
     # keyUsage longname and shortname should be able to be used
     # interchangeably. Hence the long name is specified here
     # but the short name is used to test idempotency for ipsecuser
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tests/validate.yml b/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tests/validate.yml
index 747a1b3c31a..68293b91e12 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tests/validate.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/openssl_csr/tests/validate.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
       - generate_csr_check_idempotent is not changed
       - generate_csr_check_idempotent_check is not changed
 
+- name: Validate CSR without SAN (check mode, idempotency)
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - generate_csr_nosan_check is changed
+      - generate_csr_nosan is changed
+      - generate_csr_nosan_check_idempotent is not changed
+      - generate_csr_nosan_check_idempotent_check is not changed
+
 - name: Validate CSR_KU_XKU (assert idempotency, change)
   assert:
     that: