diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
index 180982a3ac0..51445c09c65 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
@@ -1127,6 +1127,8 @@ class AzureRMVirtualMachine(AzureRMModuleBase):
                                 disk_size_gb=vm_dict['properties']['storageProfile']['osDisk']['diskSizeGB']
                             ),
                             image_reference=self.compute_models.ImageReference(
+                                id=vm_dict['properties']['storageProfile']['imageReference']['id'],
+                            ) if 'id' in vm_dict['properties']['storageProfile']['imageReference'].keys() else self.compute_models.ImageReference(
                                 publisher=vm_dict['properties']['storageProfile']['imageReference']['publisher'],
                                 offer=vm_dict['properties']['storageProfile']['imageReference']['offer'],
                                 sku=vm_dict['properties']['storageProfile']['imageReference']['sku'],