diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/gcp_utils.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/gcp_utils.py
index 46bb2b88637..65cd877781d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/gcp_utils.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/gcp_utils.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def replace_resource_dict(item, value):
             new_item = ast.literal_eval(item)
             return replace_resource_dict(new_item, value)
         except ValueError:
-            return new_item
+            return item
 
 
 # Handles all authentication and HTTP sessions for GCP API calls.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py
index 50b5f211887..d87bd82de3b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def prefetch_soa_resource(module):
 
     result = fetch_wrapped_resource(resource, 'dns#resourceRecordSet', 'dns#resourceRecordSetsListResponse', 'rrsets')
     if not result:
-        raise ValueError("Google DNS Managed Zone %s not found" % module.params['managed_zone']['name'])
+        raise ValueError("Google DNS Managed Zone %s not found" % replace_resource_dict(module.params['managed_zone'], 'name'))
     return result