diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/47916-grafana_dashboard-fix-logic-behind-overwrite-param.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/47916-grafana_dashboard-fix-logic-behind-overwrite-param.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1085b399af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/47916-grafana_dashboard-fix-logic-behind-overwrite-param.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "reverted change in af55b8e which caused the overwrite parameter to be ignored"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_dashboard.py b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_dashboard.py
index 91d640e8999..cb1aa51af84 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_dashboard.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_dashboard.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def grafana_create_dashboard(module, data):
             result['changed'] = False
         else:
             # update
-            if 'overwrite' in data and data['overwrite'] == 'yes':
+            if 'overwrite' in data and data['overwrite']:
                 payload['overwrite'] = True
             if 'message' in data and data['message']:
                 payload['message'] = data['message']