diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5972-cloudflare-dns-srv-record.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5972-cloudflare-dns-srv-record.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a331b49d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5972-cloudflare-dns-srv-record.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "cloudflare_dns - fixed the possiblity of setting a root-level SRV DNS record (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5972)."
+  - "cloudflare_dns - fixed the idempotency for SRV DNS records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5972)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/net_tools/cloudflare_dns.py b/plugins/modules/net_tools/cloudflare_dns.py
index 92132c0f6f..4514c78561 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/net_tools/cloudflare_dns.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/net_tools/cloudflare_dns.py
@@ -687,10 +687,11 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
                 "port": params['port'],
                 "weight": params['weight'],
                 "priority": params['priority'],
-                "name": params['record'][:-len('.' + params['zone'])],
+                "name": params['record'],
                 "proto": params['proto'],
                 "service": params['service']
             }
+
             new_record = {"type": params['type'], "ttl": params['ttl'], 'data': srv_data}
             search_value = str(params['weight']) + '\t' + str(params['port']) + '\t' + params['value']
             search_record = params['service'] + '.' + params['proto'] + '.' + params['record']