diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py
index c51ff09f5c5..af9908b01d9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class AzureRMModuleBase(object):
             try:
                 client_module = importlib.import_module(client_type.__module__)
                 client_version = client_module.VERSION
-            except RuntimeError:
+            except (RuntimeError, AttributeError):
                 # can't get at the module version for some reason, just fail silently...
                 return
             expected_version = package_version.get('expected_version')