diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
index 6e5d3508cb8..c9c7987170a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_asg.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def create_autoscaling_group(connection, module):
         as_group = as_groups[0]
         changed = False
         for attr in ASG_ATTRIBUTES:
-            if module.params.get(attr):
+            if module.params.get(attr, None) is not None:
                 module_attr = module.params.get(attr)
                 if attr == 'vpc_zone_identifier':
                     module_attr = ','.join(module_attr)