diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam_policy.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam_policy.py
index 9213d1585b..04fc808693 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam_policy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/iam_policy.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def main():
           json_data.close()
   elif module.params.get('policy_json') != None:
       try:
-        pdoc = json.dumps(json.loads(module.params.get('policy_json')))
+        pdoc = json.dumps(module.params.get('policy_json'))
       except Exception as e:
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e) + '\n' + module.params.get('policy_json'))
   else: