diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
index a1530a8c8c..c983c3eb87 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2.py
@@ -1642,12 +1642,15 @@ def main():
         module.fail_json(msg='boto required for this module')
 
     try:
-        _, ec2_url, aws_connect_kwargs = get_aws_connection_info(module)
+        region, ec2_url, aws_connect_kwargs = get_aws_connection_info(module)
         if module.params.get('region') or not module.params.get('ec2_url'):
             ec2 = ec2_connect(module)
         elif module.params.get('ec2_url'):
             ec2 = connect_ec2_endpoint(ec2_url, **aws_connect_kwargs)
 
+        if 'region' not in aws_connect_kwargs:
+            aws_connect_kwargs['region'] = ec2.region
+
         vpc = connect_vpc(**aws_connect_kwargs)
     except boto.exception.NoAuthHandlerFound as e:
         module.fail_json(msg="Failed to get connection: %s" % e.message, exception=traceback.format_exc())