diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_config.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_config.py
index 47d422be12..5436ae6e2d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_config.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_config.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import re
 import time
 import glob
 
-from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.plugins.action.network import ActionModule as _ActionModule
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
@@ -32,13 +32,9 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit
 PRIVATE_KEYS_RE = re.compile('__.+__')
 
 
-class ActionModule(ActionBase):
-
-    TRANSFERS_FILES = False
+class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
-        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
-        result['changed'] = False
 
         if self._task.args.get('src'):
             try:
@@ -46,10 +42,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             except ValueError as exc:
                 return dict(failed=True, msg=exc.message)
 
-        action = self._task.action
-
-        result.update(self._execute_module(module_name=action,
-            module_args=self._task.args, task_vars=task_vars))
+        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
 
         if self._task.args.get('backup') and result.get('__backup__'):
             # User requested backup and no error occurred in module.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_template.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_template.py
index ef2b32aee7..80fa5b9152 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_template.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_template.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright 2015 Peter Sprygada <psprygada@ansible.com>
+# (c) 2016 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # This file is part of Ansible
 #
@@ -25,32 +25,27 @@ import glob
 import urlparse
 
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
-from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.plugins.network import ActionModule as _ActionModule
 
 
-class ActionModule(ActionBase):
-
-    TRANSFERS_FILES = False
+class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
-        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
-        result['changed'] = False
 
         try:
             self._handle_template()
         except (ValueError, AttributeError) as exc:
             return dict(failed=True, msg=exc.message)
 
-        result.update(self._execute_module(module_name=self._task.action,
-            module_args=self._task.args, task_vars=task_vars))
+        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
 
-        if self._task.args.get('backup') and result.get('_backup'):
+        if self._task.args.get('backup') and result.get('__backup__'):
             # User requested backup and no error occurred in module.
-            # NOTE: If there is a parameter error, _backup key may not be in results.
-            self._write_backup(task_vars['inventory_hostname'], result['_backup'])
+            # NOTE: If there is a parameter error, __backup__ key may not be in results.
+            self._write_backup(task_vars['inventory_hostname'], result['__backup__'])
 
-        if '_backup' in result:
-            del result['_backup']
+        if '__backup__' in result:
+            del result['__backup__']
 
         return result