diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ovirt_vm__Fix_initialization_of_cloud_init.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/ovirt_vm__Fix_initialization_of_cloud_init.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f0375424fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ovirt_vm__Fix_initialization_of_cloud_init.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ovirt_vm - Fix initialization of cloud init (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47354).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vm.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vm.py
index 8db5bc2ac38..799aecb9f97 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vm.py
@@ -2039,8 +2039,8 @@ def main():
                     ),
                     wait_condition=lambda vm: vm.status == otypes.VmStatus.UP,
                     # Start action kwargs:
-                    use_cloud_init=not module.params.get('cloud_init_persist') and module.params.get('cloud_init') is not None,
-                    use_sysprep=not module.params.get('cloud_init_persist') and module.params.get('sysprep') is not None,
+                    use_cloud_init=True if not module.params.get('cloud_init_persist') and module.params.get('cloud_init') is not None else None,
+                    use_sysprep=True if not module.params.get('cloud_init_persist') and module.params.get('sysprep') is not None else None,
                     vm=otypes.Vm(
                         placement_policy=otypes.VmPlacementPolicy(
                             hosts=[otypes.Host(name=module.params['host'])]