diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/eos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/eos.py
index bfbdd04767..dd960c1799 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/eos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/eos.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class Eapi:
         for item in to_list(commands):
             if is_json(item['command']):
                 item['command'] = str(item['command']).replace('| json', '')
-                item['output'] == 'json'
+                item['output'] = 'json'
 
             if output and output != item['output']:
                 responses.extend(_send(queue, output))
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ class Eapi:
         cmds.extend(commands)
 
         responses = self.send_request(commands)
-        if 'error' in response:
-            err = response['error']
+        if 'error' in responses:
+            err = responses['error']
             self._module.fail_json(msg=err['message'], code=err['code'])
 
         return responses[1:]