diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_httpd.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_httpd.py
index 38c3310a3e..7c5802e570 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_httpd.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_device_httpd.py
@@ -454,15 +454,13 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
             resource.modify(**params)
             return True
         except ConnectionError as ex:
-            pass
-
-        # BIG-IP will kill your management connection when you change the HTTP
-        # redirect setting. So this catches that and handles it gracefully.
-        if 'Connection aborted' in str(ex) and 'redirectHttpToHttps' in params:
-            # Wait for BIG-IP web server to settle after changing this
-            time.sleep(2)
-            return True
-        raise F5ModuleError(str(ex))
+            # BIG-IP will kill your management connection when you change the HTTP
+            # redirect setting. So this catches that and handles it gracefully.
+            if 'Connection aborted' in str(ex) and 'redirectHttpToHttps' in params:
+                # Wait for BIG-IP web server to settle after changing this
+                time.sleep(2)
+                return True
+            raise F5ModuleError(str(ex))
 
     def read_current_from_device(self):
         resource = self.client.api.tm.sys.httpd.load()