diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/61735-wait-for-s3-bucket-to-exist-before-modifying.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/61735-wait-for-s3-bucket-to-exist-before-modifying.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..808c22fcd5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/61735-wait-for-s3-bucket-to-exist-before-modifying.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - aws_s3 - Try to wait for the bucket to exist before setting the access control list.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
index 95e6f71b381..cfcfafd5661 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ def create_bucket(module, s3, bucket, location=None):
             s3.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket, CreateBucketConfiguration=configuration)
         else:
             s3.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket)
+        if module.params.get('permission'):
+            # Wait for the bucket to exist before setting ACLs
+            s3.get_waiter('bucket_exists').wait(Bucket=bucket)
         for acl in module.params.get('permission'):
             s3.put_bucket_acl(ACL=acl, Bucket=bucket)
     except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e: