diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/k8s_auth_kubeconfig.yml b/changelogs/fragments/k8s_auth_kubeconfig.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4c55494889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/k8s_auth_kubeconfig.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - k8s - allow kubeconfig or context to be set without the other
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/k8s/common.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/k8s/common.py
index f60c232fe9a..a49497577ff 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/k8s/common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/k8s/common.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
         if auth_set('username', 'password', 'host') or auth_set('api_key', 'host'):
             # We have enough in the parameters to authenticate, no need to load incluster or kubeconfig
             pass
-        elif auth_set('kubeconfig', 'context'):
+        elif auth_set('kubeconfig') or auth_set('context'):
             kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(auth.get('kubeconfig'), auth.get('context'))
         else:
             # First try to do incluster config, then kubeconfig