diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na_ontap_license.py b/lib/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na_ontap_license.py
index cb022f55ac7..cddcc842e08 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na_ontap_license.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/storage/netapp/na_ontap_license.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-# (c) 2018, NetApp, Inc
+# (c) 2018-2019, NetApp, Inc
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
@@ -137,7 +137,14 @@ HAS_NETAPP_LIB = netapp_utils.has_netapp_lib()
 
 
 def local_cmp(a, b):
-    return (a > b) - (a < b)
+    """
+        compares with only values and not keys, keys should be the same for both dicts
+        :param a: dict 1
+        :param b: dict 2
+        :return: difference of values in both dicts
+        """
+    diff = [key for key in a if a[key] != b[key]]
+    return len(diff)
 
 
 class NetAppOntapLicense(object):