diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py
index 2a5e968cf18..13939d3fed9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackIPAddress(AnsibleCloudStack):
 
     def disassociate_ip_address(self):
         ip_address = self.get_ip_address()
-        if ip_address is None:
-            return ip_address
+        if not ip_address:
+            return None
         if ip_address['isstaticnat']:
             self.module.fail_json(msg="IP address is allocated via static nat")