diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4964-fix-keyring-info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4964-fix-keyring-info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b10e8cc7cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4964-fix-keyring-info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "keyring_info - fix the result from the keyring library never getting returned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4964)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/system/keyring_info.py b/plugins/modules/system/keyring_info.py
index 4d3e5ee995..3630842859 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/system/keyring_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/system/keyring_info.py
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ def run_module():
         pass
     except AttributeError:
         pass
-    passphrase = _alternate_retrieval_method(module)
+
+    if passphrase is None:
+        passphrase = _alternate_retrieval_method(module)
 
     if passphrase is not None:
         result["msg"] = "Successfully retrieved password for %s@%s" % (