diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_appserviceplan.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_appserviceplan.py
index d96833a801..37886c4d56 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_appserviceplan.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_appserviceplan.py
@@ -150,6 +150,30 @@ def get_sku_name(tier):
         return None
 
 
+def appserviceplan_to_dict(plan):
+    return dict(
+        id=plan.id,
+        name=plan.name,
+        kind=plan.kind,
+        location=plan.location,
+        reserved=plan.reserved,
+        is_linux=plan.reserved,
+        provisioning_state=plan.provisioning_state,
+        status=plan.status,
+        target_worker_count=plan.target_worker_count,
+        sku=dict(
+            name=plan.sku.name,
+            size=plan.sku.size,
+            tier=plan.sku.tier,
+            family=plan.sku.family,
+            capacity=plan.sku.capacity
+        ),
+        resource_group=plan.resource_group,
+        number_of_sites=plan.number_of_sites,
+        tags=plan.tags if plan.tags else None
+    )
+
+
 class AzureRMAppServicePlans(AzureRMModuleBase):
     """Configuration class for an Azure RM App Service Plan resource"""
 
@@ -294,7 +318,7 @@ class AzureRMAppServicePlans(AzureRMModuleBase):
             self.log("Response : {0}".format(response))
             self.log("App Service Plan : {0} found".format(response.name))
 
-            return response.as_dict()
+            return appserviceplan_to_dict(response)
         except CloudError as ex:
             self.log("Didn't find app service plan {0} in resource group {1}".format(self.name, self.resource_group))
 
@@ -323,7 +347,7 @@ class AzureRMAppServicePlans(AzureRMModuleBase):
 
             self.log("Response : {0}".format(response))
 
-            return response.as_dict()
+            return appserviceplan_to_dict(response)
         except CloudError as ex:
             self.fail("Failed to create app service plan {0} in resource group {1}: {2}".format(self.name, self.resource_group, str(ex)))