diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/47809-module_utils_mysql-unexpected-keyword-argument-cursorclass.yml b/changelogs/fragments/47809-module_utils_mysql-unexpected-keyword-argument-cursorclass.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b13600e67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/47809-module_utils_mysql-unexpected-keyword-argument-cursorclass.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- mysql - fixing unexpected keyword argument 'cursorclass' issue after migration from MySQLdb to PyMySQL.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py
index 53c3cb1e4ad..8237efc10d6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ import os
 
 try:
     import pymysql as mysql_driver
+    _mysql_cursor_param = 'cursor'
 except ImportError:
     try:
         import MySQLdb as mysql_driver
+        _mysql_cursor_param = 'cursorclass'
     except ImportError:
         mysql_driver = None
 
@@ -75,6 +77,6 @@ def mysql_connect(module, login_user=None, login_password=None, config_file='',
 
     db_connection = mysql_driver.connect(**config)
     if cursor_class is not None:
-        return db_connection.cursor(cursorclass=mysql_driver.cursors.DictCursor)
+        return db_connection.cursor(**{_mysql_cursor_param: mysql_driver.cursors.DictCursor})
     else:
         return db_connection.cursor()