diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1321-vmware_vm_info-allocaded_storag_cpu_memory_output.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/1321-vmware_vm_info-allocaded_storag_cpu_memory_output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30492e10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1321-vmware_vm_info-allocaded_storag_cpu_memory_output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - vmware_guest_disk - Ignore datastores in maintenance mode
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1321).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_disk.py b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_disk.py
index 011deac3b..91958924b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_disk.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_disk.py
@@ -1044,6 +1044,8 @@ def get_recommended_datastore(self, datastore_cluster_obj, disk_spec_obj):
         datastore = None
         datastore_freespace = 0
         for ds in datastore_cluster_obj.childEntity:
+            if ds.summary.maintenanceMode == "inMaintenance":
+                continue
             if ds.summary.freeSpace > datastore_freespace:
                 # If datastore field is provided, filter destination datastores
                 datastore = ds