diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
index b58280cc463..1071b13d6af 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@ class HashiVault:
 
 
 class LookupModule(LookupBase):
-    def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
+    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
         if not HAS_HVAC:
             raise AnsibleError("Please pip install hvac to use the hashi_vault lookup module.")
 
-        vault_args = terms[0].split(' ')
+        vault_args = terms[0].split()
         vault_dict = {}
         ret = []
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/token_test.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/token_test.yml
index 1f4828e5a3a..927881da898 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/token_test.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/token_test.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
       set_fact:
         secret1: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', conn_params ~ 'secret=' ~ vault_base_path ~ '/secret1 auth_method=token token=' ~ user_token) }}"
         secret2: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', conn_params ~ 'secret=' ~ vault_base_path ~ '/secret2 token=' ~ user_token) }}"
+        secret3: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', conn_params ~ ' secret=' ~ vault_base_path ~ '/secret2  token=' ~ user_token) }}"
 
     - name: 'Check secret values'
       fail:
         msg: 'unexpected secret values'
-      when: secret1['data']['value'] != 'foo1' or secret2['data']['value'] != 'foo2'
+      when: secret1['data']['value'] != 'foo1' or secret2['data']['value'] != 'foo2' or secret3['data']['value'] != 'foo2'
 
     - name: 'Failure expected when erroneous credentials are used'
       vars: