diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/45417-ldap_entry-list_conversion.yml b/changelogs/fragments/45417-ldap_entry-list_conversion.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..661c4d7620d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/45417-ldap_entry-list_conversion.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fix iterator to list conversion in ldap_entry module.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/ldap/ldap_entry.py b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/ldap/ldap_entry.py
index 03a866ce19f..5fca7034a35 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/ldap/ldap_entry.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/ldap/ldap_entry.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class LdapEntry(LdapGeneric):
                 attrs[name] = []
 
             if isinstance(value, list):
-                attrs[name] = [map(to_bytes, value)]
+                attrs[name] = list(map(to_bytes, value))
             else:
                 attrs[name].append(to_bytes(value))