diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6296-LanceNero-Terraform_statefile_check.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6296-LanceNero-Terraform_statefile_check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f55129db82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6296-LanceNero-Terraform_statefile_check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - terraform - remove state file check condition and error block, because in the native implementation of terraform will not cause errors due to the non-existent file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6296).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/terraform.py b/plugins/modules/terraform.py
index 0247da68cf..bbafad0e9e 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/terraform.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/terraform.py
@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ def preflight_validation(bin_path, project_path, version, variables_args=None, p
 
 
 def _state_args(state_file):
-    if state_file and os.path.exists(state_file):
-        return ['-state', state_file]
-    if state_file and not os.path.exists(state_file):
-        module.fail_json(msg='Could not find state_file "{0}", check the path and try again.'.format(state_file))
-    return []
+    if not state_file:
+        return []
+    if not os.path.exists(state_file):
+        module.warn(msg='Could not find state_file "{0}", the process will not destroy any resources, please check your state file path.'.format(state_file))
+    return ['-state', state_file]
 
 
 def init_plugins(bin_path, project_path, backend_config, backend_config_files, init_reconfigure, provider_upgrade, plugin_paths, workspace):