diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10423-apache_module-condition.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10423-apache_module-condition.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a30d06b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10423-apache_module-condition.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - apache2_module - check the ``cgi`` module restrictions only during activation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10423).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py b/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
index 99db968670..3a683d9883 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ def main():
     )
 
     name = module.params['name']
-    if name == 'cgi' and _run_threaded(module):
-        module.fail_json(msg="Your MPM seems to be threaded. No automatic actions on module cgi possible.")
+    if name == 'cgi' and module.params['state'] == 'present' and _run_threaded(module):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Your MPM seems to be threaded, therefore enabling cgi module is not allowed.")
 
     if not module.params['identifier']:
         module.params['identifier'] = create_apache_identifier(module.params['name'])