diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/route53.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/route53.py
index 2e5e468316a..12f096edb14 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/route53.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/route53.py
@@ -561,7 +561,14 @@ def main():
                 record['values'] = sorted(rset.resource_records)
             if command_in == 'create' and rset.to_xml() == wanted_rset.to_xml():
                 module.exit_json(changed=False)
-            break
+
+        # We need to look only at the first rrset returned by the above call,
+        # so break here. The returned elements begin with the one matching our
+        # requested name, type, and identifier, if such an element exists,
+        # followed by all others that come after it in alphabetical order.
+        # Therefore, if the first set does not match, no subsequent set will
+        # match either.
+        break
 
     if command_in == 'get':
         if type_in == 'NS':