diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/68211-systemd-list-unit-files-parsing.yml b/changelogs/fragments/68211-systemd-list-unit-files-parsing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..421a28d8c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/68211-systemd-list-unit-files-parsing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - service_facts - Now correctly parses systemd list-unit-files for systemd >=245
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/service_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/service_facts.py
index d0055f03e58..6f425c3aa4d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/service_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/service_facts.py
@@ -212,9 +212,10 @@ class SystemctlScanService(BaseService):
             services[service_name] = {"name": service_name, "state": state_val, "status": "unknown", "source": "systemd"}
         rc, stdout, stderr = self.module.run_command("%s list-unit-files --no-pager --type service --all" % systemctl_path, use_unsafe_shell=True)
         for line in [svc_line for svc_line in stdout.split('\n') if '.service' in svc_line and 'not-found' not in svc_line]:
+            # there is one more column (VENDOR PRESET) from `systemctl list-unit-files` for systemd >= 245
             try:
-                service_name, status_val = line.split()
-            except ValueError:
+                service_name, status_val = line.split()[:2]
+            except IndexError:
                 self.module.fail_json(msg="Malformed output discovered from systemd list-unit-files: {0}".format(line))
             if service_name not in services:
                 services[service_name] = {"name": service_name, "state": "unknown", "status": status_val, "source": "systemd"}