diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py
index 2193adad577c..166d43c49e41 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/controller_api.py
@@ -980,12 +980,14 @@ def update_if_needed(self, existing_item, new_item, on_update=None, auto_exit=Tr
     def create_or_update_if_needed(
         self, existing_item, new_item, endpoint=None, item_type='unknown', on_create=None, on_update=None, auto_exit=True, associations=None
     ):
-        # Remove null values - this assumes there are no nullable fields with non-null defaults
-        # the None value is used to indicate not-provided by Ansible and argparse
+        # Remove boolean values of certain specific types
         # this is needed so that boolean fields will not get a false value when not provided
         for key in list(new_item.keys()):
-            if new_item[key] is None:
-                new_item.pop(key)
+            if key in self.argument_spec:
+                param_spec = self.argument_spec[key]
+                if 'type' in param_spec and param_spec['type'] == 'bool':
+                    if new_item[key] is None:
+                        new_item.pop(key)
 
         if existing_item:
             return self.update_if_needed(existing_item, new_item, on_update=on_update, auto_exit=auto_exit, associations=associations)