diff --git a/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py b/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
index 99db968670..7de2f8d18e 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
     name = module.params['name']
-    if name == 'cgi' and _run_threaded(module):
+    if name == 'cgi' and module.params['state'] == 'present' and _run_threaded(module):
         module.fail_json(msg="Your MPM seems to be threaded. No automatic actions on module cgi possible.")
 
     if not module.params['identifier']: