diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/47722-vmware_guest_powerstate-restore_timeout.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/47722-vmware_guest_powerstate-restore_timeout.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..217fbc94a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/47722-vmware_guest_powerstate-restore_timeout.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Restore timeout in set_vm_power_state operation in vmware_guest_powerstate module.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_powerstate.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_powerstate.py
index 3d927978a1..522931657d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_powerstate.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_powerstate.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def main():
                                      "given are invalid: %s" % (module.params.get('state'),
                                                                 to_native(e.msg)))
         else:
-            result = set_vm_power_state(pyv.content, vm, module.params['state'], module.params['force'])
+            result = set_vm_power_state(pyv.content, vm, module.params['state'], module.params['force'], module.params['state_change_timeout'])
     else:
         module.fail_json(msg="Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : '%s'" % (module.params.get('uuid') or module.params.get('name')))