diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3660-a_module-tombstone.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3660-a_module-tombstone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2408d4a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3660-a_module-tombstone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "a_module test plugin - fix crash when testing a module name that was tombstoned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3660)."
diff --git a/plugins/test/a_module.py b/plugins/test/a_module.py
index ad57cda792..36c13ffabd 100644
--- a/plugins/test/a_module.py
+++ b/plugins/test/a_module.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.plugins.loader import action_loader, module_loader
 
+try:
+    from ansible.errors import AnsiblePluginRemovedError
+except ImportError:
+    AnsiblePluginRemovedError = Exception
+
 
 def a_module(term):
     """
@@ -14,14 +19,17 @@ def a_module(term):
       - 'community.general.ufw' is community.general.a_module
       - 'community.general.does_not_exist' is not community.general.a_module
     """
-    for loader in (action_loader, module_loader):
-        data = loader.find_plugin(term)
-        # Ansible 2.9 returns a tuple
-        if isinstance(data, tuple):
-            data = data[0]
-        if data is not None:
-            return True
-    return False
+    try:
+        for loader in (action_loader, module_loader):
+            data = loader.find_plugin(term)
+            # Ansible 2.9 returns a tuple
+            if isinstance(data, tuple):
+                data = data[0]
+            if data is not None:
+                return True
+        return False
+    except AnsiblePluginRemovedError:
+        return False
 
 
 class TestModule(object):
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_a_module/runme.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_a_module/runme.yml
index 9f7618341a..1175bef20c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_a_module/runme.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_a_module/runme.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,15 @@
           # Local collection module (that exist or not)
           - "'testns.testcoll.collection_module' is community.general.a_module"
           - "'testns.testcoll.foobar' is not community.general.a_module"
+
+    - name: Test a_module in case of routing
+      assert:
+        that:
+          # Redirected module
+          - "'ufw' is community.general.a_module"
+          # Redirected module where target collection does not exist
+          # (the target collection must not have been installed in CI!)
+          - "'onyx_pfc_interface' is not community.general.a_module"
+          # Tombstoned module
+          - "'community.general.docker_image_facts' is not community.general.a_module"
+      when: ansible_version.string is version('2.10.0', '>=')