diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/66088_fix_nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/66088_fix_nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..895d90b97ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/66088_fix_nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - Fix nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni rendering duplicate peer-ip commands (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/66088)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni.py
index 1fa2c4246c6..b013033b8ea 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni.py
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@ def state_present(module, existing, proposed, candidate):
                ingress_replicationnb_command, ingress_replicationns_command)):
             static_level_cmds = [cmd for cmd in commands if 'peer' in cmd]
             parents = [interface_command, vni_command]
+            commands = [cmd for cmd in commands if 'peer' not in cmd]
             for cmd in commands:
                 parents.append(cmd)
             candidate.add(static_level_cmds, parents=parents)
-            commands = [cmd for cmd in commands if 'peer' not in cmd]
 
         elif 'peer-ip' in commands[0]:
             static_level_cmds = [cmd for cmd in commands]
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def main():
             if peer_list[0] == 'default':
                 module.params['peer_list'] = 'default'
             else:
-                stripped_peer_list = map(str.strip, peer_list)
+                stripped_peer_list = list(map(str.strip, peer_list))
                 module.params['peer_list'] = stripped_peer_list
 
     state = module.params['state']