diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/241-fix-ipa-modules-when-ipa_host-empty.yml b/changelogs/fragments/241-fix-ipa-modules-when-ipa_host-empty.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94e8f975fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/241-fix-ipa-modules-when-ipa_host-empty.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ipa modules - fix error when IPA_HOST is empty and fallback on DNS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/241)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py b/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
index e6f959eda1..73e26a190c 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ipa.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback, AnsibleFallbackNotFound
 def _env_then_dns_fallback(*args, **kwargs):
     ''' Load value from environment or DNS in that order'''
     try:
-        return env_fallback(*args, **kwargs)
+        result = env_fallback(*args, **kwargs)
+        if result == '':
+            raise AnsibleFallbackNotFound
     except AnsibleFallbackNotFound:
         # If no host was given, we try to guess it from IPA.
         # The ipa-ca entry is a standard entry that IPA will have set for