diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipasudocmd.py b/plugins/modules/ipasudocmd.py
index 8e25561e815cf20265d57472a0a02a194aa5d7e8..7c6188b9fe5146df9739a07108a6a78621b9c045 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipasudocmd.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipasudocmd.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def find_sudocmd(module, name):
 def gen_args(description):
     _args = {}
     if description is not None:
-        _args["description"] = description
+        _args["description"] = to_text(description)
 
     return _args