diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82175-fix-ansible-galaxy-role-import-rc.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82175-fix-ansible-galaxy-role-import-rc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec225b65cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/82175-fix-ansible-galaxy-role-import-rc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-galaxy role import - exit with 1 when the import fails (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82175).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
index 07e652a2e95..7803bdd9a3f 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
@@ -1791,6 +1791,7 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
         github_user = to_text(context.CLIARGS['github_user'], errors='surrogate_or_strict')
         github_repo = to_text(context.CLIARGS['github_repo'], errors='surrogate_or_strict')
 
+        rc = 0
         if context.CLIARGS['check_status']:
             task = self.api.get_import_task(github_user=github_user, github_repo=github_repo)
         else:
@@ -1808,7 +1809,7 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
                     display.display('%s.%s' % (t['summary_fields']['role']['namespace'], t['summary_fields']['role']['name']), color=C.COLOR_CHANGED)
                 display.display(u'\nTo properly namespace this role, remove each of the above and re-import %s/%s from scratch' % (github_user, github_repo),
                                 color=C.COLOR_CHANGED)
-                return 0
+                return rc
             # found a single role as expected
             display.display("Successfully submitted import request %d" % task[0]['id'])
             if not context.CLIARGS['wait']:
@@ -1825,12 +1826,13 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
                     if msg['id'] not in msg_list:
                         display.display(msg['message_text'], color=colors[msg['message_type']])
                         msg_list.append(msg['id'])
-                if task[0]['state'] in ['SUCCESS', 'FAILED']:
+                if (state := task[0]['state']) in ['SUCCESS', 'FAILED']:
+                    rc = ['SUCCESS', 'FAILED'].index(state)
                     finished = True
                 else:
                     time.sleep(10)
 
-        return 0
+        return rc
 
     def execute_setup(self):
         """ Setup an integration from Github or Travis for Ansible Galaxy roles"""
diff --git a/test/units/galaxy/test_role_install.py b/test/units/galaxy/test_role_install.py
index 404c8e91e01..25dff80cd63 100644
--- a/test/units/galaxy/test_role_install.py
+++ b/test/units/galaxy/test_role_install.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 
+import json
 import os
 import functools
 import pytest
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def call_galaxy_cli(args):
     orig = co.GlobalCLIArgs._Singleton__instance
     co.GlobalCLIArgs._Singleton__instance = None
     try:
-        GalaxyCLI(args=['ansible-galaxy', 'role'] + args).run()
+        return GalaxyCLI(args=['ansible-galaxy', 'role'] + args).run()
     finally:
         co.GlobalCLIArgs._Singleton__instance = orig
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ def test_role_download_github_no_download_url_for_version(init_mock_temp_file, m
     assert mock_role_download_api.mock_calls[0][1][0] == 'https://github.com/test_owner/test_role/archive/0.0.1.tar.gz'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'state,rc',
+    [('SUCCESS', 0), ('FAILED', 1),]
+)
+def test_role_import(state, rc, mocker, galaxy_server, monkeypatch):
+    responses = [
+        {"available_versions": {"v1": "v1/"}},
+        {"results": [{'id': 12345, 'github_user': 'user', 'github_repo': 'role', 'github_reference': None, 'summary_fields': {'role': {'name': 'role'}}}]},
+        {"results": [{'state': 'WAITING', 'id': 12345, 'summary_fields': {'task_messages': []}}]},
+        {"results": [{'state': state, 'id': 12345, 'summary_fields': {'task_messages': []}}]},
+    ]
+    mock_api = mocker.MagicMock(side_effect=[StringIO(json.dumps(rsp)) for rsp in responses])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(api, 'open_url', mock_api)
+    assert call_galaxy_cli(['import', 'user', 'role']) == rc
+
+
 def test_role_download_url(init_mock_temp_file, mocker, galaxy_server, mock_role_download_api, monkeypatch):
     mock_api = mocker.MagicMock()
     mock_api.side_effect = [