diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
index 2dcde18eff8..7cb3798d1db 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_peer.py
@@ -238,12 +238,10 @@ def tags_changed(pcx_id, client, module):
         tags = [item for sublist in tag_values for item in sublist]
         if sorted(pcx_tags) == sorted(tags):
             changed = False
-            return changed
-        else:
+        elif tags:
             delete_tags(pcx_id, client, module)
             create_tags(pcx_id, client, module)
             changed = True
-            return changed
     return changed