diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/738-ipa-python3.yml b/changelogs/fragments/738-ipa-python3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e732837d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/738-ipa-python3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ipa_hostgroup - fix an issue with load-balanced ipa and cookie handling with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/737).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py b/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
index 6a0e7712de..9eb9f406f6 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class IPAClient(object):
                 if status_code not in [200, 201, 204]:
                     self._fail('login', info['msg'])
 
-                self.headers = {'Cookie': resp.info().get('Set-Cookie')}
+                self.headers = {'Cookie': info.get('set-cookie')}
             except Exception as e:
                 self._fail('login', to_native(e))
         if not self.headers: