diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/34863-rabbitmq_user_unpack_fix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/34863-rabbitmq_user_unpack_fix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b97b0b18adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/34863-rabbitmq_user_unpack_fix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Ignore empty result of rabbitmqctl list_user_permissions.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/messaging/rabbitmq_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/messaging/rabbitmq_user.py
index 6d87d7626fd..952a7f6bcc2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/messaging/rabbitmq_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/messaging/rabbitmq_user.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class RabbitMqUser(object):
         return False
 
     def _get_permissions(self):
-        perms_out = self._exec(['list_user_permissions', self.username], True)
+        perms_out = [perm for perm in self._exec(['list_user_permissions', self.username], True) if perm.strip()]
 
         perms_list = list()
         for perm in perms_out: