diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
index fc690c98fd4..1cbac6bcecc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ def run_commands(module, commands, check_rc=True):
 def load_config(module, commands):
     connection = get_connection(module)
 
-    out = connection.edit_config(commands)
+    return connection.edit_config(commands)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l3_interface.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l3_interface.py
index 59c1e7eaa82..1547667b31f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l3_interface.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l3_interface.py
@@ -296,9 +296,6 @@ def main():
 
     result = {'changed': False}
 
-    if warnings:
-        result['warnings'] = warnings
-
     want = map_params_to_obj(module)
     have = map_config_to_obj(module)
 
@@ -307,10 +304,14 @@ def main():
 
     if commands:
         if not module.check_mode:
-            load_config(module, commands)
+            resp = load_config(module, commands)
+            warnings.extend((out for out in resp if out))
 
         result['changed'] = True
 
+    if warnings:
+        result['warnings'] = warnings
+
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/__init__.py
index e613cf39ebf..2ca50b60a05 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/__init__.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class CliconfBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
         ssh = self._connection.paramiko_conn._connect_uncached()
         if proto == 'scp':
             if not HAS_SCP:
-                self._connection.internal_error("Required library scp is not installed.  Please install it using `pip install scp`")
+                raise AnsibleError("Required library scp is not installed.  Please install it using `pip install scp`")
             with SCPClient(ssh.get_transport(), socket_timeout=timeout) as scp:
                 out = scp.put(source, destination)
         elif proto == 'sftp':
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class CliconfBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
         ssh = self._connection.paramiko_conn._connect_uncached()
         if proto == 'scp':
             if not HAS_SCP:
-                self._connection.internal_error("Required library scp is not installed.  Please install it using `pip install scp`")
+                raise AnsibleError("Required library scp is not installed.  Please install it using `pip install scp`")
             with SCPClient(ssh.get_transport(), socket_timeout=timeout) as scp:
                 scp.get(source, destination)
         elif proto == 'sftp':
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py
index ff2a6b048a0..28839072471 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/ios.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Cliconf(CliconfBase):
 
     @enable_mode
     def edit_config(self, command):
+        results = []
         for cmd in chain(['configure terminal'], to_list(command), ['end']):
             if isinstance(cmd, dict):
                 command = cmd['command']
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ class Cliconf(CliconfBase):
                 answer = None
                 newline = True
 
-            self.send_command(command, prompt, answer, False, newline)
+            results.append(self.send_command(command, prompt, answer, False, newline))
+        return results[1:-1]
 
     def get(self, command, prompt=None, answer=None, sendonly=False):
         return self.send_command(command, prompt=prompt, answer=answer, sendonly=sendonly)
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ios_l3_interface/tests/cli/basic.yaml b/test/integration/targets/ios_l3_interface/tests/cli/basic.yaml
index 58c0fd85de2..c943b6f00cc 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ios_l3_interface/tests/cli/basic.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ios_l3_interface/tests/cli/basic.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 - name: Configure interface ipv4 address
   ios_l3_interface:
     name: "{{ test_interface }}"
-    ipv4: 192.168.0.1/24
+    ipv4: 192.168.20.1/24
     state: present
     provider: "{{ cli }}"
   register: result
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
     that:
       - 'result.changed == true'
       - '"interface {{ test_interface }}" in result.commands'
-      - '"ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0" in result.commands'
+      - '"ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0" in result.commands'
 
 - name: Configure interface ipv4 address (idempotent)
   ios_l3_interface:
     name: "{{ test_interface }}"
-    ipv4: 192.168.0.1/24
+    ipv4: 192.168.20.1/24
     state: present
     provider: "{{ cli }}"
   register: result
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 - name: Assign same ipv4 address to other interface (fail)
   ios_l3_interface:
     name: "{{ test_interface2 }}"
-    ipv4: 192.168.0.1/24
+    ipv4: 192.168.20.1/24
     state: present
     provider: "{{ cli }}"
   ignore_errors: yes