diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/haproxy.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/haproxy.py
index 2fc11987d5..0d1db0397e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/haproxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/haproxy.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class HAProxy(object):
         """
         data = self.execute('show stat', 200, False).lstrip('# ')
         r = csv.DictReader(data.splitlines())
-        return map(lambda d: d['pxname'], filter(lambda d: d['svname'] == 'BACKEND', r))
+        return tuple(map(lambda d: d['pxname'], filter(lambda d: d['svname'] == 'BACKEND', r)))
 
 
     def execute_for_backends(self, cmd, pxname, svname, wait_for_status = None):
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class HAProxy(object):
         """
         data = self.execute('show stat', 200, False).lstrip('# ')
         r = csv.DictReader(data.splitlines())
-        state = map(lambda d: { 'status': d['status'], 'weight': d['weight'] }, filter(lambda d: (pxname is None or d['pxname'] == pxname) and d['svname'] == svname, r))
+        state = tuple(map(lambda d: { 'status': d['status'], 'weight': d['weight'] }, filter(lambda d: (pxname is None or d['pxname'] == pxname) and d['svname'] == svname, r)))
         return state or None