diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/55683-firewalld_source-option-handling.yml b/changelogs/fragments/55683-firewalld_source-option-handling.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9c4131f247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/55683-firewalld_source-option-handling.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fix firewalld source option handling to be exclusive (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55683)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/firewalld.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/firewalld.py
index 8b85362bdc7..5c2ab25763b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/firewalld.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/firewalld.py
@@ -706,10 +706,12 @@ def main():
         modification_count += 1
     if masquerade is not None:
         modification_count += 1
+    if source is not None:
+        modification_count += 1
 
     if modification_count > 1:
         module.fail_json(
-            msg='can only operate on port, service, rich_rule, masquerade, icmp_block, icmp_block_inversion, or interface at once'
+            msg='can only operate on port, service, rich_rule, masquerade, icmp_block, icmp_block_inversion, interface or source at once'
         )
     elif modification_count > 0 and desired_state in ['absent', 'present']:
         module.fail_json(
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/firewalld/tasks/run_all_tests.yml b/test/integration/targets/firewalld/tasks/run_all_tests.yml
index e8976f5922d..80bc008d92e 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/firewalld/tasks/run_all_tests.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/firewalld/tasks/run_all_tests.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@
 
 # firewalld port operation test cases
 - import_tasks: port_test_cases.yml
+
+# firewalld source operation test cases
+- import_tasks: source_test_cases.yml
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/firewalld/tasks/source_test_cases.yml b/test/integration/targets/firewalld/tasks/source_test_cases.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7c4f00f376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/firewalld/tasks/source_test_cases.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Test playbook for the firewalld module - source operations
+# (c) 2019, Hideki Saito <saito@fgrep.org>
+
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+- name: firewalld source test permanent enabled
+  firewalld:
+    source: 192.0.2.0/24
+    zone: internal
+    permanent: True
+    state: enabled
+  register: result
+
+- name: assert firewalld source test permanent enabled worked
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+
+- name: firewalld source test permanent enabled rerun (verify not changed)
+  firewalld:
+    source: 192.0.2.0/24
+    zone: internal
+    permanent: True
+    state: enabled
+  register: result
+
+- name: assert firewalld source test permanent enabled rerun worked (verify not changed)
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is not changed
+
+- name: firewalld source test permanent disabled
+  firewalld:
+    source: 192.0.2.0/24
+    zone: internal
+    permanent: True
+    state: disabled
+  register: result
+
+- name: assert firewalld source test permanent disabled worked
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+
+- name: firewalld source test permanent disabled rerun (verify not changed)
+  firewalld:
+    source: 192.0.2.0/24
+    zone: internal
+    permanent: True
+    state: disabled
+  register: result
+
+- name: assert firewalld source test permanent disabled rerun worked (verify not changed)
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is not changed
+
+- name: firewalld source test permanent enabled is exclusive (verify exclusive error)
+  firewalld:
+    source: 192.0.2.0/24
+    port: 8081/tcp
+    zone: internal
+    permanent: True
+    state: enabled
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: assert firewalld source test permanent enabled is exclusive (verify exclusive error)
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is not changed
+    - "result.msg == 'can only operate on port, service, rich_rule, masquerade, icmp_block, icmp_block_inversion, interface or source at once'"