diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/user.py b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
index bc874e1..3e56992 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/user.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
@@ -385,7 +385,12 @@ def user_mod(cursor, user, host, host_all, password, encrypted,
                         privileges_revoke(cursor, user, host, db_table, revoke_privs, grant_option, maria_role)
                     if len(grant_privs) > 0:
                         privileges_grant(cursor, user, host, db_table, grant_privs, tls_requires, maria_role)
-                    changed = True
+
+            # after privilege manipulation, compare privileges from before and now
+            changed = changed or not privileges_equal(
+                curr_priv,
+                privileges_get(cursor, user, host, maria_role)
+            )
 
         if role:
             continue
@@ -880,3 +885,15 @@ def get_impl(cursor):
     else:
         from ansible_collections.community.mysql.plugins.module_utils.implementations.mysql import user as mysqluser
         impl = mysqluser
+
+
+def privileges_equal(before_privs, after_privs):
+    """Compare 2 priv dicts
+
+    Args:
+        before_privs (dict): contains privileges, built with privileges_get()
+        after_privs (dict): contains privileges, built with privileges_get()
+
+    Returns: True, if equal, False otherwise.
+    """
+    return before_privs == after_privs