diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py
index 942d7b5120..eeb7c2502c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/identity/ipa/ipa_dnsrecord.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def ensure(module, client):
     module_dnsrecord = dict(
         record_type=module.params['record_type'],
         record_value=module.params['record_value'],
-        record_ttl=to_native(record_ttl),
+        record_ttl=to_native(record_ttl, nonstring='passthru'),
     )
 
     changed = False