diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bba165e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "proxmox_kvm - fix error in check when creating or cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4306)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py
index 67dd422e97..6bfb9e2e19 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ def main():
             module.exit_json(changed=False, vmid=existing_vmid, msg="VM with name <%s> already exists" % name)
 
         # Ensure the choosen VM id doesn't already exist when cloning
-        if proxmox.get_vm(newid, ignore_errors=True):
+        if proxmox.get_vm(newid, ignore_missing=True):
             module.exit_json(changed=False, vmid=vmid, msg="vmid %s with VM name %s already exists" % (newid, name))
 
     if delete is not None: