diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4712-consul-bugfix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4712-consul-bugfix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc63999b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4712-consul-bugfix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - consul - fixed bug introduced in PR 4590 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4680).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py b/plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py
index e06432b684..9707d5431a 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/clustering/consul/consul.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def add_service(module, service):
                      service_id=result.id,
                      service_name=result.name,
                      service_port=result.port,
-                     checks=[check.to_dict() for check in service.checks],
+                     checks=[check.to_dict() for check in service.checks()],
                      tags=result.tags)