diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/59862-ovirt-vnic-profile-qos-update-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/59862-ovirt-vnic-profile-qos-update-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..345a1b5f85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/59862-ovirt-vnic-profile-qos-update-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ovirt_vnic_profile - fix for updating vnic profile (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56518)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vnic_profile.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vnic_profile.py
index 5443676d24f..59e72058e6b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vnic_profile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_vnic_profile.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class EntityVnicPorfileModule(BaseModule):
             equal(self.param('pass_through'), getattr(entity.pass_through.mode, 'name', None)) and
             equal(self.param('description'), entity.description) and
             equal(self.param('network_filter'), getattr(entity.network_filter, 'name', None)) and
-            equal(self.param('qos'), entity.qos.name) and
+            equal(self.param('qos'), getattr(entity.qos, 'name', None)) and
             equal(self.param('port_mirroring'), getattr(entity, 'port_mirroring', None))
         )