diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/49704-fix-vm-facts-crash.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/49704-fix-vm-facts-crash.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3954eaa90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/49704-fix-vm-facts-crash.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- azure_rm_virtualmachine_facts - fix crash when vm created from custom image
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine_facts.py
index b2e112ddc77..85695cd79c4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine_facts.py
@@ -299,12 +299,17 @@ class AzureRMVirtualMachineFacts(AzureRMModuleBase):
             new_result['admin_username'] = os_profile.get('adminUsername')
         image = result['properties']['storageProfile'].get('imageReference')
         if image is not None:
-            new_result['image'] = {
-                'publisher': image['publisher'],
-                'sku': image['sku'],
-                'offer': image['offer'],
-                'version': image['version']
-            }
+            if image.get('publisher', None) is not None:
+                new_result['image'] = {
+                    'publisher': image['publisher'],
+                    'sku': image['sku'],
+                    'offer': image['offer'],
+                    'version': image['version']
+                }
+            else:
+                new_result['image'] = {
+                    'id': image.get('id', None)
+                }
 
         vhd = result['properties']['storageProfile']['osDisk'].get('vhd')
         if vhd is not None: