diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11559-fix-ipa_dnsrecord-fail-when-no-change.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/11559-fix-ipa_dnsrecord-fail-when-no-change.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7630cfebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11559-fix-ipa_dnsrecord-fail-when-no-change.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ipa_dnsrecord - fix idempotency bug when using ``dnsttl`` due to wrong Python types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11559).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipa_dnsrecord.py b/plugins/modules/ipa_dnsrecord.py
index 3073978a80..e6c8fd2dd5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipa_dnsrecord.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipa_dnsrecord.py
@@ -206,9 +206,12 @@ class DNSRecordIPAClient(IPAClient):
 
     def dnsrecord_find(self, zone_name, record_name):
         if record_name == "@":
-            return self._post_json(method="dnsrecord_show", name=zone_name, item={"idnsname": record_name, "all": True})
+            method = "dnsrecord_show"
         else:
-            return self._post_json(method="dnsrecord_find", name=zone_name, item={"idnsname": record_name, "all": True})
+            method = "dnsrecord_find"
+        result = self._post_json(method=method, name=zone_name, item={"idnsname": record_name, "all": True})
+        result["dnsttl"] = [int(v) for v in result["dnsttl"]]
+        return result
 
     def dnsrecord_add(self, zone_name=None, record_name=None, details=None):
         item = dict(idnsname=record_name)