diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_wait.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_wait.py
index 78ca05a504e..dc67260e162 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_wait.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_wait.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ except ImportError:
 def hard_timeout(module, want, start):
     elapsed = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - start
     module.fail_json(
-        want.msg or "Timeout when waiting for BIG-IP", elapsed=elapsed.seconds
+        msg=want.msg or "Timeout when waiting for BIG-IP", elapsed=elapsed.seconds
     )