diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/27-guest-info-vm-name-bug.yml b/changelogs/fragments/27-guest-info-vm-name-bug.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3e03af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/27-guest-info-vm-name-bug.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - guest_info - Fixed bugs that caused module failure when specifying the guest_name attribute
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest_client.py b/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest_client.py
index 4295d5d7..4646cecf 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest_client.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest_client.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
                                            ResourcePool,
                                            Datastore,
                                            Cluster,
-                                           Host)
+                                           Host,
+                                           VM)
     HAS_VSPHERE = True
 except ImportError:
     VSPHERE_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
@@ -340,6 +341,26 @@ def get_vm_tags(self, tag_service=None, tag_association_svc=None, vm_mid=None):
 
         return tags
 
+    def get_vm_by_name(self, name):
+        """
+        Returns a VM object that matches the given name.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str): The name of VM to look for
+
+        Returns:
+            list(str): VM object matching the name provided. Returns None if no
+            matches are found
+        """
+        vms = self.api_client.vcenter.VM.list(
+            VM.FilterSpec(names=set([name]))
+        )
+
+        if len(vms) == 0:
+            return None
+
+        return vms[0]
+
     def get_library_item_by_name(self, name):
         """
         Returns the identifier of the library item with the given name.
diff --git a/plugins/modules/guest_info.py b/plugins/modules/guest_info.py
index d335098b..c937520e 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/guest_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/guest_info.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-
 DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 ---
 module: guest_info
@@ -114,7 +113,14 @@ def get_guest_info(self):
         guests = []
 
         if self.params.get('guest_name'):
-            vms = self._get_vm(self.params.get('guest_name'))
+            matching_vms = self.vmware_client.get_vm_by_name(
+                name=self.params.get('guest_name')
+            )
+            try:
+                _ = iter(matching_vms)  # pylint: disable=disallowed-name
+                vms = matching_vms
+            except TypeError:
+                vms = [] if not matching_vms else [matching_vms]
         else:
             vms = self.vmware_client.api_client.vcenter.VM.list()
 
@@ -137,17 +143,6 @@ def _vvars(self, vmware_obj, r):
                 else:
                     r[k] = str(v)
 
-    def _get_vm(self, vm_name):
-        names = set([vm_name])
-        vms = self.vmware_client.api_client.vcenter.VM.list(
-            self.vmware_client.api_client.VM.FilterSpec(names=names)
-        )
-
-        if len(vms) == 0:
-            return None
-
-        return vms[0]
-
 
 def main():
     argument_spec = VmwareRestClient.vmware_client_argument_spec()