diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_route_table_info-filter-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_route_table_info-filter-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b3d315dcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_vpc_route_table_info-filter-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ec2_vpc_route_table_info - default filters to empty dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1668).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_vpc_route_table_info.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_vpc_route_table_info.py
index 0e5bfb329c7..21c9fc6674a 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_vpc_route_table_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_vpc_route_table_info.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
       - A dict of filters to apply. Each dict item consists of a filter key and a filter value.
         See U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeRouteTables.html) for possible filters.
     type: dict
+    default: {}
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - amazon.aws.common.modules
   - amazon.aws.region.modules
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ def list_ec2_vpc_route_tables(connection, module):
 
 def main():
     argument_spec = dict(
-        filters=dict(default=None, type="dict"),
+        filters=dict(default={}, type="dict"),
     )
 
     module = AnsibleAWSModule(argument_spec=argument_spec, supports_check_mode=True)