diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_domain.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_domain.py
index 648116013ad..97085df4499 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_domain.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_domain.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackDomain(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args['id']              = domain['id']
         args['networkdomain']   = self.module.params.get('network_domain')
 
-        if self._has_changed(args, domain):
+        if self.has_changed(args, domain):
             self.result['changed'] = True
             if not self.module.check_mode:
                 res = self.cs.updateDomain(**args)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py
index 1b7d23a1c26..5202af0d7d6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_instance.py
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackInstance(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args_service_offering['id'] = instance['id']
         if self.module.params.get('service_offering'):
             args_service_offering['serviceofferingid'] = self.get_service_offering_id()
-        service_offering_changed = self._has_changed(args_service_offering, instance)
+        service_offering_changed = self.has_changed(args_service_offering, instance)
 
         # Instance data
         args_instance_update = {}
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackInstance(AnsibleCloudStack):
             args_instance_update['group'] = self.module.params.get('group')
         if self.module.params.get('display_name'):
             args_instance_update['displayname'] = self.module.params.get('display_name')
-        instance_changed = self._has_changed(args_instance_update, instance)
+        instance_changed = self.has_changed(args_instance_update, instance)
 
         # SSH key data
         args_ssh_key = {}
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackInstance(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args_ssh_key['projectid'] = self.get_project(key='id')
         if self.module.params.get('ssh_key'):
             args_ssh_key['keypair'] = self.module.params.get('ssh_key')
-        ssh_key_changed = self._has_changed(args_ssh_key, instance)
+        ssh_key_changed = self.has_changed(args_ssh_key, instance)
 
         security_groups_changed = self.security_groups_has_changed()
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_network.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_network.py
index b435a05cfcc..aaa8a838bf6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_network.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_network.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackNetwork(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args        = self._get_args()
         args['id']  = network['id']
 
-        if self._has_changed(args, network):
+        if self.has_changed(args, network):
             self.result['changed'] = True
             if not self.module.check_mode:
                 network = self.cs.updateNetwork(**args)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
index 0d3dfaaa947..f3321fdee42 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_portforward.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackPortforwarding(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args['ipaddressid']         = self.get_ip_address(key='id')
         args['virtualmachineid']    = self.get_vm(key='id')
 
-        if self._has_changed(args, portforwarding_rule):
+        if self.has_changed(args, portforwarding_rule):
             self.result['changed'] = True
             if not self.module.check_mode:
                 # API broken in 4.2.1?, workaround using remove/create instead of update
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_project.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_project.py
index 3ed62f79241..50d3cd0cc1e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_project.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_project.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackProject(AnsibleCloudStack):
         args['id']          = project['id']
         args['displaytext'] = self.get_or_fallback('display_text', 'name')
 
-        if self._has_changed(args, project):
+        if self.has_changed(args, project):
             self.result['changed'] = True
             if not self.module.check_mode:
                 project = self.cs.updateProject(**args)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_staticnat.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_staticnat.py
index 1de6c16ff6f..6c1014c48e8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_staticnat.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_staticnat.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackStaticNat(AnsibleCloudStack):
 
         # make an alias, so we can use _has_changed()
         ip_address['vmguestip'] = ip_address['vmipaddress']
-        if self._has_changed(args, ip_address):
+        if self.has_changed(args, ip_address):
             self.result['changed'] = True
             if not self.module.check_mode:
                 res = self.cs.disableStaticNat(ipaddressid=ip_address['id'])