diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxos.py
index 058c0b946ff..f4cd90e0c3e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxos.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class Cli(NxapiConfigMixin, CliBase):
         cmds = list(prepare_commands(commands))
         responses = self.execute(cmds)
         for index, cmd in enumerate(commands):
-            if cmd.output == 'json':
+            if cmd.output == 'json' and cmd.args.get('raw') is False:
                 try:
                     responses[index] = json.loads(responses[index])
                 except ValueError: