diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/67437-vultr-fix-retry-max-delay-param.yml b/changelogs/fragments/67437-vultr-fix-retry-max-delay-param.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3796ceb315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/67437-vultr-fix-retry-max-delay-param.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - vultr - Fixed the issue retry max delay param was ignored.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py
index 86ebdb8c0c1..e5d23ede8a5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vultr.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Vultr:
                 'api_key': self.module.params.get('api_key') or config.get('key'),
                 'api_timeout': self.module.params.get('api_timeout') or int(config.get('timeout') or 60),
                 'api_retries': self.module.params.get('api_retries') or int(config.get('retries') or 5),
-                'api_retry_max_delay': self.module.params.get('api_retries') or int(config.get('retry_max_delay') or 12),
+                'api_retry_max_delay': self.module.params.get('api_retry_max_delay') or int(config.get('retry_max_delay') or 12),
                 'api_endpoint': self.module.params.get('api_endpoint') or config.get('endpoint') or VULTR_API_ENDPOINT,
             }
         except ValueError as e: