diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudfront_distribution.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudfront_distribution.py
index 449d1a556c..63145bede2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudfront_distribution.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/cloudfront_distribution.py
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ class CloudFrontValidationManager(object):
 
     def wait_until_processed(self, client, wait_timeout, distribution_id, caller_reference):
         if distribution_id is None:
-            distribution_id = self.validate_distribution_id_from_caller_reference(caller_reference=caller_reference)
+            distribution_id = self.validate_distribution_from_caller_reference(caller_reference=caller_reference)['Id']
 
         try:
             waiter = client.get_waiter('distribution_deployed')