diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py
index fc26066cf93..86fe01a5be3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/get_url.py
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ def main():
             # it.
             filename = url_filename(info['url'])
         dest = os.path.join(dest, filename)
+        result['dest'] = dest
 
     # raise an error if there is no tmpsrc file
     if not os.path.exists(tmpsrc):