diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_action.py b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_action.py
index ca3701b6019..63b9b541955 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_action.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix/zabbix_action.py
@@ -803,10 +803,11 @@ class Action(object):
                 'enabled',
                 'disabled'], kwargs['status'])
         }
-        if float(self._zapi.api_version().rsplit('.', 1)[0]) >= 4.0:
-            _params['pause_suppressed'] = '1' if kwargs['pause_in_maintenance'] else '0'
-        else:
-            _params['maintenance_mode'] = '1' if kwargs['pause_in_maintenance'] else '0'
+        if kwargs['event_source'] == 'trigger':
+            if float(self._zapi.api_version().rsplit('.', 1)[0]) >= 4.0:
+                _params['pause_suppressed'] = '1' if kwargs['pause_in_maintenance'] else '0'
+            else:
+                _params['maintenance_mode'] = '1' if kwargs['pause_in_maintenance'] else '0'
 
         return _params