diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/kinesis_stream.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/kinesis_stream.py
index 222a50dd0b3..6fbd1ab5402 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/kinesis_stream.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/kinesis_stream.py
@@ -368,15 +368,21 @@ def wait_for_status(client, stream_name, status, wait_timeout=300,
             find_success, find_msg, stream = (
                 find_stream(client, stream_name, check_mode=check_mode)
             )
-            if status != 'DELETING':
+            if check_mode:
+                status_achieved = True
+                break
+
+            elif status != 'DELETING':
                 if find_success and stream:
                     if stream.get('StreamStatus') == status:
                         status_achieved = True
                         break
-            elif status == 'DELETING':
+
+            elif status == 'DELETING' and not check_mode:
                 if not find_success:
                     status_achieved = True
                     break
+
             else:
                 time.sleep(polling_increment_secs)
         except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
@@ -494,7 +500,9 @@ def update_tags(client, stream_name, tags, check_mode=False):
     """
     success = False
     err_msg = ''
-    tag_success, tag_msg, current_tags = get_tags(client, stream_name)
+    tag_success, tag_msg, current_tags = (
+        get_tags(client, stream_name, check_mode=check_mode)
+    )
     if current_tags:
         tags = make_tags_in_aws_format(tags)
         current_tags_set = (
@@ -765,7 +773,9 @@ def update(client, current_stream, stream_name, retention_period=None,
             return success, changed, err_msg
 
     if tags:
-        changed, err_msg = update_tags(client, stream_name, tags, check_mode)
+        changed, err_msg = (
+            update_tags(client, stream_name, tags, check_mode=check_mode)
+        )
         if changed:
             success = True
     if wait:
@@ -783,7 +793,7 @@ def update(client, current_stream, stream_name, retention_period=None,
     return success, changed, err_msg
 
 def create_stream(client, stream_name, number_of_shards=1, retention_period=None,
-                  tags=None, wait=False, wait_timeout=300, check_mode=None):
+                  tags=None, wait=False, wait_timeout=300, check_mode=False):
     """Create an Amazon Kinesis Stream.
     Args:
         client (botocore.client.EC2): Boto3 client.
@@ -824,13 +834,14 @@ def create_stream(client, stream_name, number_of_shards=1, retention_period=None
     if stream_found and current_stream['StreamStatus'] == 'DELETING' and wait:
         wait_success, wait_msg, current_stream = (
             wait_for_status(
-                client, stream_name, 'ACTIVE', wait_timeout, check_mode
+                client, stream_name, 'ACTIVE', wait_timeout,
+                check_mode=check_mode
             )
         )
     if stream_found and current_stream['StreamStatus'] != 'DELETING':
         success, changed, err_msg = update(
             client, current_stream, stream_name, retention_period, tags,
-            wait, wait_timeout, check_mode
+            wait, wait_timeout, check_mode=check_mode
         )
     else:
         create_success, create_msg = (
@@ -844,7 +855,8 @@ def create_stream(client, stream_name, number_of_shards=1, retention_period=None
             if wait:
                 wait_success, wait_msg, results = (
                     wait_for_status(
-                        client, stream_name, 'ACTIVE', wait_timeout, check_mode
+                        client, stream_name, 'ACTIVE', wait_timeout,
+                        check_mode=check_mode
                     )
                 )
                 err_msg = (
@@ -938,7 +950,9 @@ def delete_stream(client, stream_name, wait=False, wait_timeout=300,
     changed = False
     err_msg = ''
     results = dict()
-    stream_found, stream_msg, current_stream = find_stream(client, stream_name)
+    stream_found, stream_msg, current_stream = (
+        find_stream(client, stream_name, check_mode=check_mode)
+    )
     if stream_found:
         success, err_msg = (
             stream_action(
@@ -951,7 +965,7 @@ def delete_stream(client, stream_name, wait=False, wait_timeout=300,
                 success, err_msg, results = (
                     wait_for_status(
                         client, stream_name, 'DELETING', wait_timeout,
-                        check_mode
+                        check_mode=check_mode
                     )
                 )
                 err_msg = 'Stream {0} deleted successfully'.format(stream_name)