diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py
index 39119eba2b2..6fd2914704d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/iosxr/iosxr.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def load_config(module, command_filter, warnings, replace=False, admin=False, co
         diff = get_config_diff(module)
         if module._diff:
             if diff:
-                module['diff'] = to_text(diff, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+                module._result['diff'] = to_text(diff, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
         if commit:
             commit_config(module, comment=comment)
             conn.edit_config('end')