diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
index b930b71613..d188022b50 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ def main():
             login_port=dict(default=3306, type='int'),
             login_unix_socket=dict(default=None),
             user=dict(required=True, aliases=['name']),
-            password=dict(default=None, no_log=True),
+            password=dict(default=None, no_log=True, type='str'),
             encrypted=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             host=dict(default="localhost"),
             host_all=dict(type="bool", default="no"),