diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11172-zfs-changed-extra-props.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11172-zfs-changed-extra-props.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fbdeadf583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11172-zfs-changed-extra-props.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - zfs - mark change correctly when updating properties whose current value differs, even if they already have a non-default value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11019, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11172).
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diff --git a/plugins/modules/zfs.py b/plugins/modules/zfs.py
index 492fa62d27c..5682fa52bc0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/zfs.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/zfs.py
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@ def set_property(self, prop, value):
     def set_properties_if_changed(self):
         diff = {"before": {"extra_zfs_properties": {}}, "after": {"extra_zfs_properties": {}}}
         current_properties = self.list_properties()
+        previous_values = {}
         for prop, value in self.extra_zfs_properties.items():
             current_value = self.get_property(prop, current_properties)
             if current_value != value:
+                previous_values[prop] = current_value
                 self.set_property(prop, value)
                 diff["before"]["extra_zfs_properties"][prop] = current_value
                 diff["after"]["extra_zfs_properties"][prop] = value
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ def set_properties_if_changed(self):
             value = self.get_property(prop, updated_properties)
             if value is None:
                 self.module.fail_json(msg=f"zfsprop was not present after being successfully set: {prop}")
-            if self.get_property(prop, current_properties) != value:
+            if prop in previous_values and previous_values[prop] != value:
                 self.changed = True
             if prop in diff["after"]["extra_zfs_properties"]:
                 diff["after"]["extra_zfs_properties"][prop] = value