diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88d0f401ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py b/plugins/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py
index 75135c8277..1d708cdce0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/net_tools/dnsmadeeasy.py
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ def main():
     # Fetch existing monitor if the A record indicates it should exist and build the new monitor
     current_monitor = dict()
     new_monitor = dict()
-    if current_record and current_record['type'] == 'A':
+    if current_record and current_record['type'] == 'A' and current_record.get('monitor'):
         current_monitor = DME.getMonitor(current_record['id'])
 
     # Build the new monitor