diff --git a/plugins/modules/dconf.py b/plugins/modules/dconf.py
index a7f067fd85..9d6ff79f2f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/dconf.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/dconf.py
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ def main():
             ('state', 'present', ['value']),
             ('state', 'load', ['path']),
         ],
+        mutually_exclusive=[
+            ['value', 'path']
+        ],
     )
 
     if Variant is None: