diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix_iosxr_admin_not_exiting b/changelogs/fragments/fix_iosxr_admin_not_exiting
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c244d0c0e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix_iosxr_admin_not_exiting
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+   - Fix iosxr_config admin mode not exiting properly https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39594
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py
index e37a0d84855..ed64eba456d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ def load_config(module, command_filter, commit=False, replace=False,
         elif commit:
             commit_config(module, comment=comment)
             conn.edit_config('end')
+            if admin:
+                conn.edit_config('exit')
         else:
             conn.discard_changes()