diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/177-fix-ec2-volume-creation-issue-with-iops.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/177-fix-ec2-volume-creation-issue-with-iops.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c9346e2405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/177-fix-ec2-volume-creation-issue-with-iops.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - ec2 - Code fix so module can create ec2 instances with ``ec2_volume_iops`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/177).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2.py b/plugins/modules/ec2.py
index e9ce5c52022..56aefb0b724 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2.py
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ def create_block_device(module, ec2, volume):
         if 'iops' in volume:
             snapshot = ec2.get_all_snapshots(snapshot_ids=[volume['snapshot']])[0]
             size = volume.get('volume_size', snapshot.volume_size)
-            if int(volume['iops']) > MAX_IOPS_TO_SIZE_RATIO * size:
+            if int(volume['iops']) > MAX_IOPS_TO_SIZE_RATIO * int(size):
                 module.fail_json(msg='IOPS must be at most %d times greater than size' % MAX_IOPS_TO_SIZE_RATIO)
     if 'ephemeral' in volume:
         if 'snapshot' in volume: