diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3681-lvol-fix-create.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3681-lvol-fix-create.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d04ec5460b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3681-lvol-fix-create.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - lvol - allows logical volumes to be created with certain size arguments prefixed with ``+`` to preserve behavior of older versions of this module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3665).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/system/lvol.py b/plugins/modules/system/lvol.py
index e8b0ab838b..b1b9dcb739 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/system/lvol.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/system/lvol.py
@@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ def main():
     if this_lv is None:
         if state == 'present':
             if size_operator is not None:
-                module.fail_json(msg="Bad size specification of '%s%s' for creating LV" % (size_operator, size))
+                if size_operator == "-" or (size_whole not in ["VG", "PVS", "FREE", "ORIGIN", None]):
+                    module.fail_json(msg="Bad size specification of '%s%s' for creating LV" % (size_operator, size))
             # Require size argument except for snapshot of thin volumes
             if (lv or thinpool) and not size:
                 for test_lv in lvs: