diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix-ansible-galaxy-info-no-role-found.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix-ansible-galaxy-info-no-role-found.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96c1ef7a0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix-ansible-galaxy-info-no-role-found.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-galaxy info - fix reporting no role found when lookup_role_by_name returns None.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
index 7732c79a0d3..536964e28f9 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
@@ -1229,6 +1229,9 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
 
                 if remote_data:
                     role_info.update(remote_data)
+                else:
+                    data = u"- the role %s was not found" % role
+                    break
 
             elif context.CLIARGS['offline'] and not gr._exists:
                 data = u"- the role %s was not found" % role