diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/64397-netscaler_service-bugfix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/64397-netscaler_service-bugfix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59f90a58cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/64397-netscaler_service-bugfix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - netscaler_service - fixed issue preventing use of graceful attribute
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/netscaler/netscaler_service.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/netscaler/netscaler_service.py
index 01634b81da3..f7ffba573bd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/netscaler/netscaler_service.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/netscaler/netscaler_service.py
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ def service_identical(client, module, service_proxy):
     # of the retrieved object
     if 'ip' in diff_dict:
         del diff_dict['ip']
+    if 'graceful' in diff_dict:
+        del diff_dict['graceful']
     if len(diff_dict) == 0:
         return True
     else:
@@ -828,7 +830,6 @@ def main():
         'td',
         'monitor_name_svc',
         'riseapbrstatsmsgcode',
-        'graceful',
         'all',
         'Internal',
         'newname',