diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/66914-purefa_user_string.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/66914-purefa_user_string.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16ff2dd3782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/66914-purefa_user_string.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+ - pure - fix incorrect user_string setting in module_utils file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/66914)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/pure.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/pure.py
index 9e94c3e6573..019c11add22 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/pure.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/pure.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ def get_blade(module):
         blade.disable_verify_ssl()
         try:
             blade.login(api)
-            if API_AGENT_VERSION in blade.api_version.list_versions().versions:
+            versions = blade.api_version.list_versions().versions
+            if API_AGENT_VERSION in versions:
                 blade._api_client.user_agent = user_agent
         except rest.ApiException as e:
             module.fail_json(msg="Pure Storage FlashBlade authentication failed. Check your credentials")
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ def get_blade(module):
         blade.disable_verify_ssl()
         try:
             blade.login(environ.get('PUREFB_API'))
-            if API_AGENT_VERSION in blade.api_version.list_versions().versions:
+            versions = blade.api_version.list_versions().versions
+            if API_AGENT_VERSION in versions:
                 blade._api_client.user_agent = user_agent
         except rest.ApiException as e:
             module.fail_json(msg="Pure Storage FlashBlade authentication failed. Check your credentials")