diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/52389-mysqldatabase-fix-force-update.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/52389-mysqldatabase-fix-force-update.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fef766e690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/52389-mysqldatabase-fix-force-update.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes: 
+  - azure_rm_postgresqldatabase - fix force_update bug.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_mysqldatabase.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_mysqldatabase.py
index 45fe0e8fb51..1e26a478627 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_mysqldatabase.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_mysqldatabase.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class AzureRMDatabases(AzureRMModuleBase):
         self.resource_group = None
         self.server_name = None
         self.name = None
+        self.force_update = None
         self.parameters = dict()
 
         self.results = dict(changed=False)
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ class AzureRMDatabases(AzureRMModuleBase):
                 if not self.check_mode:
                     self.delete_mysqldatabase()
             else:
+                self.fail("Database properties cannot be updated without setting 'force_update' option")
                 self.to_do = Actions.NoAction
 
         if (self.to_do == Actions.Create) or (self.to_do == Actions.Update):
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_mysqlserver/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_mysqlserver/tasks/main.yml
index 43fc6cd5257..576a1c79eac 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_mysqlserver/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/azure_rm_mysqlserver/tasks/main.yml
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@
     resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
     server_name: mysqlsrv{{ rpfx }}
     name: testdatabase
+    collation: latin1_swedish_ci
+    charset: latin1
   register: output
 - name: Assert the resource instance is well created
   assert:
@@ -208,6 +210,8 @@
     resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
     server_name: mysqlsrv{{ rpfx }}
     name: testdatabase
+    collation: latin1_swedish_ci
+    charset: latin1
   register: output
 - name: Assert the state has not changed
   assert:
@@ -215,6 +219,35 @@
       - output.changed == false
       - output.name == 'testdatabase'
 
+- name: Try to update database without force_update
+  azure_rm_mysqldatabase:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    server_name: mysqlsrv{{ rpfx }}
+    name: testdatabase
+    collation: latin1_czech_ci
+    charset: latin1
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  register: output
+- name: Assert that nothing has changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed == False
+
+- name: Update instance of database using force_update
+  azure_rm_mysqldatabase:
+    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
+    server_name: mysqlsrv{{ rpfx }}
+    name: testdatabase
+    collation: latin1_czech_ci
+    charset: latin1
+    force_update: yes
+  register: output
+- name: Assert the state has changed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - output.changed
+      - output.name == 'testdatabase'
+
 - name: Create second instance of MySQL Database
   azure_rm_mysqldatabase:
     resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"