diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py b/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
index e336a0613f4037a8710a59a65ae3803098e91139..cb33feba8ef8688b0cb6b17315f132e412e02032 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from ipapython.ipautil import run
 from ipaplatform.paths import paths
 from ipalib.krb_utils import get_credentials_if_valid
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 
 
 def valid_creds(module, principal):