diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/75332-ansible-test-validate-modules-AnsibleModule-args.yml b/changelogs/fragments/75332-ansible-test-validate-modules-AnsibleModule-args.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fed73ba78e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/75332-ansible-test-validate-modules-AnsibleModule-args.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "ansible-test validate-modules - correctly validate positional parameters to ``AnsibleModules`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75332)."
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py
index 1a75193318d..5b61f44b385 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ class ModuleValidator(Validator):
 
     def _validate_ansible_module_call(self, docs):
         try:
-            spec, args, kwargs = get_argument_spec(self.path, self.collection)
+            spec, kwargs = get_argument_spec(self.path, self.collection)
         except AnsibleModuleNotInitialized:
             self.reporter.error(
                 path=self.object_path,
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/module_args.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/module_args.py
index ac0252914b7..8cd0e5e5607 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/module_args.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/module_args.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 import runpy
+import inspect
 import json
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -27,13 +28,16 @@ import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from ansible.executor.powershell.module_manifest import PSModuleDepFinder
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import FILE_COMMON_ARGUMENTS
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import FILE_COMMON_ARGUMENTS, AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.six import reraise
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
 
 from .utils import CaptureStd, find_executable, get_module_name_from_filename
 
 
+ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGS = tuple(list(inspect.signature(AnsibleModule.__init__).parameters)[1:])
+
+
 class AnsibleModuleCallError(RuntimeError):
     pass
 
@@ -53,7 +57,12 @@ class _FakeAnsibleModuleInit:
         self.called = False
 
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.args = args
+        if args and isinstance(args[0], AnsibleModule):
+            # Make sure, due to creative calling, that we didn't end up with
+            # ``self`` in ``args``
+            self.args = args[1:]
+        else:
+            self.args = args
         self.kwargs = kwargs
         self.called = True
         raise AnsibleModuleCallError('AnsibleModuleCallError')
@@ -126,7 +135,7 @@ def get_ps_argument_spec(filename, collection):
     # the validate-modules code expects the options spec to be under the argument_spec key not options as set in PS
     kwargs['argument_spec'] = kwargs.pop('options', {})
 
-    return kwargs['argument_spec'], (), kwargs
+    return kwargs['argument_spec'], kwargs
 
 
 def get_py_argument_spec(filename, collection):
@@ -146,11 +155,11 @@ def get_py_argument_spec(filename, collection):
             raise AnsibleModuleNotInitialized()
 
     try:
+        # Convert positional arguments to kwargs to make sure that all parameters are actually checked
+        for arg, arg_name in zip(fake.args, ANSIBLE_MODULE_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGS):
+            fake.kwargs[arg_name] = arg
         # for ping kwargs == {'argument_spec':{'data':{'type':'str','default':'pong'}}, 'supports_check_mode':True}
-        if 'argument_spec' in fake.kwargs:
-            argument_spec = fake.kwargs['argument_spec']
-        else:
-            argument_spec = fake.args[0]
+        argument_spec = fake.kwargs.get('argument_spec') or {}
         # If add_file_common_args is truish, add options from FILE_COMMON_ARGUMENTS when not present.
         # This is the only modification to argument_spec done by AnsibleModule itself, and which is
         # not caught by setup_env's AnsibleModule replacement
@@ -158,9 +167,9 @@ def get_py_argument_spec(filename, collection):
             for k, v in FILE_COMMON_ARGUMENTS.items():
                 if k not in argument_spec:
                     argument_spec[k] = v
-        return argument_spec, fake.args, fake.kwargs
+        return argument_spec, fake.kwargs
     except (TypeError, IndexError):
-        return {}, (), {}
+        return {}, {}
 
 
 def get_argument_spec(filename, collection):