diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5628-fix-vmadm-off-by-one.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5628-fix-vmadm-off-by-one.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcb7bf63e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5628-fix-vmadm-off-by-one.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - vmadm - fix for index out of range error in ``get_vm_uuid`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5628).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmadm.py b/plugins/modules/vmadm.py
index 6b4490ca57..d6110726f4 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmadm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmadm.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def get_vm_prop(module, uuid, prop):
 def get_vm_uuid(module, alias):
     # Lookup the uuid that goes with the given alias.
     # Returns the uuid or '' if not found.
-    cmd = [module.vmadm, 'lookup', '-j', '-o', 'uuid', 'alias={1}'.format(alias)]
+    cmd = [module.vmadm, 'lookup', '-j', '-o', 'uuid', 'alias={0}'.format(alias)]
 
     (rc, stdout, stderr) = module.run_command(cmd)