diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/_ios_l2_interface.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/_ios_l2_interface.py
index f968180ef07..02d8a6d7351 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/_ios_l2_interface.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/_ios_l2_interface.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.network.ios.ios import ios_argument_spec
 
 def get_interface_type(interface):
     intf_type = 'unknown'
-    if interface.upper()[:2] in ('ET', 'GI', 'FA', 'TE', 'FO', 'HU', 'TWE'):
+    if interface.upper()[:2] in ('ET', 'GI', 'FA', 'TE', 'FO', 'HU', 'TWE', 'TW'):
         intf_type = 'ethernet'
     elif interface.upper().startswith('VL'):
         intf_type = 'svi'