diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py
index a01ac9041bc..125b7d2e7d6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_config.py
@@ -182,11 +182,13 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig, dumps
 from ansible.module_utils.iosxr import load_config,get_config
 from ansible.module_utils.iosxr import iosxr_argument_spec
+from ansible.module_utils.iosxr import check_args as iosxr_check_args
 
 DEFAULT_COMMIT_COMMENT = 'configured by iosxr_config'
 
 
 def check_args(module, warnings):
+    iosxr_check_args(module, warnings)
     if module.params['comment']:
         if len(module.params['comment']) > 60:
             module.fail_json(msg='comment argument cannot be more than 60 characters')