diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1740-aerospike_migration.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1740-aerospike_migration.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e66963aae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1740-aerospike_migration.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "aerospike_migration - fix typo that caused ``migrate_tx_key`` instead of ``migrate_rx_key`` being used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1739)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/database/aerospike/aerospike_migrations.py b/plugins/modules/database/aerospike/aerospike_migrations.py
index 27bfc1a95b..bf6ac60e8f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/database/aerospike/aerospike_migrations.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/database/aerospike/aerospike_migrations.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class Migrations:
             namespace_tx = \
                 int(namespace_stats[self.module.params['migrate_tx_key']])
             namespace_rx = \
-                int(namespace_stats[self.module.params['migrate_tx_key']])
+                int(namespace_stats[self.module.params['migrate_rx_key']])
         except KeyError:
             self.module.fail_json(
                 msg="Did not find partition remaining key:" +