diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1721-fix-nomad_job_info-no-jobs-failure.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1721-fix-nomad_job_info-no-jobs-failure.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3c3d804e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1721-fix-nomad_job_info-no-jobs-failure.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - nomad_job_info - fix module failure when nomad client returns no jobs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1721).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/clustering/nomad/nomad_job_info.py b/plugins/modules/clustering/nomad/nomad_job_info.py
index 9e93532843..d10c0a0438 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/clustering/nomad/nomad_job_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/clustering/nomad/nomad_job_info.py
@@ -312,12 +312,11 @@ def run():
     )
 
     changed = False
-    nomad_jobs = list()
+    result = list()
     try:
         job_list = nomad_client.jobs.get_jobs()
         for job in job_list:
-            nomad_jobs.append(nomad_client.job.get_job(job.get('ID')))
-            result = nomad_jobs
+            result.append(nomad_client.job.get_job(job.get('ID')))
     except Exception as e:
         module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e))