diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/fortios.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/fortios.py
index 7e1f1f19fda..7b2d01efb74 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/fortios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/fortios/fortios.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import os
 import time
 import traceback
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import to_text