diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
index 547bbfe4618..163d4c49f4d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ def await_spot_requests(module, ec2, spot_requests, count):
         if len(spot_req_inst_ids) < count:
             time.sleep(5)
         else:
-            return spot_req_inst_ids.values()
+            return list(spot_req_inst_ids.values())
     module.fail_json(msg="wait for spot requests timeout on %s" % time.asctime())