diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/58-mysql_query_refactoring.yml b/changelogs/fragments/58-mysql_query_refactoring.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..892016c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/58-mysql_query_refactoring.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- mysql_query - simple refactoring of query type check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/58).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_query.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_query.py
index e9664db..63940f5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_query.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_query.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def main():
     config_file = module.params['config_file']
     query = module.params["query"]
 
-    if not isinstance(query, str) and not isinstance(query, list):
+    if not isinstance(query, (str, list)):
         module.fail_json(msg="the query option value must be a string or list, passed %s" % type(query))
 
     if isinstance(query, str):