diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/net_put-unboundlocalerror.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/net_put-unboundlocalerror.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e0e5606988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/net_put-unboundlocalerror.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - net_put - Fixed UnboundLocalError when there is no change
+    This is a backport from U(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/6)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py
index bd844a12166..f236ed4a64f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ display = Display()
 class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
+        changed = False
         socket_path = None
         network_os = self._get_network_os(task_vars).split('.')[-1]
         persistent_connection = self._play_context.connection.split('.')[-1]