diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/vmware_wait_for_task_fix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/vmware_wait_for_task_fix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6860c1b199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/vmware_wait_for_task_fix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+- Fix timer in exponential backoff algorithm in vmware.py.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
index 6a8be7eabba..8b32500e2aa 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def wait_for_task(task, max_backoff=64, timeout=3600):
             finally:
                 raise_from(TaskError(error_msg), task.info.error)
         if task.info.state in [vim.TaskInfo.State.running, vim.TaskInfo.State.queued]:
-            sleep_time = min(2 ** failure_counter + randint(1, 1000), max_backoff)
+            sleep_time = min(2 ** failure_counter + randint(1, 1000) / 1000, max_backoff)
             time.sleep(sleep_time)
             failure_counter += 1