diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ios_logging_fix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/ios_logging_fix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e66428e6d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ios_logging_fix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fix ios_logging issue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41029)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_logging.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_logging.py
index 74a3bc193b8..3774be4654d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_logging.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_logging.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def validate_size(value, module):
 
 
 def map_obj_to_commands(updates, module, os_version):
+    dest_group = ('console', 'monitor', 'buffered', 'on')
     commands = list()
     want, have = updates
     for w in want:
@@ -149,23 +150,36 @@ def map_obj_to_commands(updates, module, os_version):
         state = w['state']
         del w['state']
 
+        if facility:
+            w['dest'] = 'facility'
+
         if state == 'absent' and w in have:
-            if dest == 'host':
-                if '12.' in os_version:
-                    commands.append('no logging {0}'.format(name))
+            if dest:
+                if dest == 'host':
+                    if '12.' in os_version:
+                        commands.append('no logging {0}'.format(name))
+                    else:
+                        commands.append('no logging host {0}'.format(name))
+
+                elif dest in dest_group:
+                    commands.append('no logging {0}'.format(dest))
+
                 else:
-                    commands.append('no logging host {0}'.format(name))
-            elif dest:
-                commands.append('no logging {0}'.format(dest))
-            else:
-                module.fail_json(msg='dest must be among console, monitor, buffered, host, on')
+                    module.fail_json(msg='dest must be among console, monitor, buffered, host, on')
 
             if facility:
                 commands.append('no logging facility {0}'.format(facility))
 
         if state == 'present' and w not in have:
             if facility:
-                commands.append('logging facility {0}'.format(facility))
+                present = False
+
+                for entry in have:
+                    if entry['dest'] == 'facility' and entry['facility'] == facility:
+                        present = True
+
+                if not present:
+                    commands.append('logging facility {0}'.format(facility))
 
             if dest == 'host':
                 if '12.' in os_version:
@@ -177,10 +191,17 @@ def map_obj_to_commands(updates, module, os_version):
                 commands.append('logging on')
 
             elif dest == 'buffered' and size:
-                if level and level != 'debugging':
-                    commands.append('logging buffered {0} {1}'.format(size, level))
-                else:
-                    commands.append('logging buffered {0}'.format(size))
+                present = False
+
+                for entry in have:
+                    if entry['dest'] == 'buffered' and entry['size'] == size and entry['level'] == level:
+                        present = True
+
+                if not present:
+                    if level and level != 'debugging':
+                        commands.append('logging buffered {0} {1}'.format(size, level))
+                    else:
+                        commands.append('logging buffered {0}'.format(size))
 
             else:
                 if dest:
@@ -205,18 +226,12 @@ def parse_size(line, dest):
     size = None
 
     if dest == 'buffered':
-        match = re.search(r'logging buffered (\S+)', line, re.M)
+        match = re.search(r'logging buffered(?: (\d+))?(?: [a-z]+)?', line, re.M)
         if match:
-            try:
-                int_size = int(match.group(1))
-            except ValueError:
-                int_size = None
-
-            if int_size:
-                if isinstance(int_size, int):
-                    size = str(match.group(1))
-                else:
-                    size = str(4096)
+            if match.group(1) is not None:
+                size = match.group(1)
+            else:
+                size = "4096"
 
     return size
 
@@ -241,15 +256,12 @@ def parse_level(line, dest):
 
     else:
         if dest == 'buffered':
-            match = re.search(r'logging buffered (?:\d+ )([a-z]+)', line, re.M)
+            match = re.search(r'logging buffered(?: \d+)?(?: ([a-z]+))?', line, re.M)
         else:
             match = re.search(r'logging {0} (\S+)'.format(dest), line, re.M)
 
-        if match:
-            if match.group(1) in level_group:
-                level = match.group(1)
-            else:
-                level = 'debugging'
+        if match and match.group(1) in level_group:
+            level = match.group(1)
         else:
             level = 'debugging'
 
@@ -412,5 +424,6 @@ def main():
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ios_logging/tests/cli/basic.yaml b/test/integration/targets/ios_logging/tests/cli/basic.yaml
index 2ac13b1a2d6..7999c6a355a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ios_logging/tests/cli/basic.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ios_logging/tests/cli/basic.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # ensure logging configs are empty
 - name: Remove host logging
-  ios_logging:
+  ios_logging: &remove_host
     dest: host
     name: 172.16.0.1
     state: absent
@@ -45,16 +45,12 @@
     provider: "{{ cli }}"
   register: result
 
-- assert:
+- assert: &unchanged
     that:
       - 'result.changed == false'
 
 - name: Delete/disable host logging
-  ios_logging:
-    dest: host
-    name: 172.16.0.1
-    state: absent
-    provider: "{{ cli }}"
+  ios_logging: *remove_host
   register: result
 
 - assert:
@@ -63,16 +59,10 @@
       - '"no logging host 172.16.0.1" in result.commands'
 
 - name: Delete/disable host logging (idempotent)
-  ios_logging:
-    dest: host
-    name: 172.16.0.1
-    state: absent
-    provider: "{{ cli }}"
+  ios_logging: *remove_host
   register: result
 
-- assert:
-    that:
-      - 'result.changed == false'
+- assert: *unchanged
 
 - name: Console logging with level warnings
   ios_logging:
@@ -113,11 +103,34 @@
       - '"logging buffered 9000" in result.commands'
       - '"logging console notifications" in result.commands'
 
+- name: Set both logging destination and facility
+  ios_logging: &set_both
+    dest: buffered
+    facility: uucp
+    level: alerts
+    size: 4096
+    state: present
+    provider: "{{ cli }}"
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - 'result.changed == true'
+      - '"logging buffered 4096 alerts" in result.commands'
+      - '"logging facility uucp" in result.commands'
+
+- name: Set both logging destination and facility (idempotent)
+  ios_logging: *set_both
+  register: result
+
+- assert: *unchanged
+
 - name: remove logging as collection tearDown
   ios_logging:
     aggregate:
       - { dest: console, level: notifications }
-      - { dest: buffered, size: 9000 }
+      - { dest: buffered, size: 4096, level: alerts }
+      - { facility: uucp }
     state: absent
     provider: "{{ cli }}"
   register: result
@@ -127,3 +140,4 @@
       - 'result.changed == true'
       - '"no logging console" in result.commands'
       - '"no logging buffered" in result.commands'
+      - '"no logging facility uucp" in result.commands'