diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/aci/aci_rest.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/aci/aci_rest.py
index 1eb651233d..a06e9e41d6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/aci/aci_rest.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/aci/aci_rest.py
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ def aci_response(result, rawoutput, rest_type='xml'):
     if rest_type == 'json':
         aci_response_json(result, rawoutput)
 
-    aci_response_xml(result, rawoutput)
+    else:
+        aci_response_xml(result, rawoutput)
 
 
 def main():