diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
index 30879a332b..b609f76e67 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/module_utils/tower_api.py
@@ -607,11 +607,14 @@ class TowerAPIModule(TowerModule):
                 last_data = response['json']
             return last_data
 
-    def create_or_update_if_needed(self, existing_item, new_item, endpoint=None, item_type='unknown', on_create=None, on_update=None, auto_exit=True, associations=None):
+    def create_or_update_if_needed(
+        self, existing_item, new_item, endpoint=None, item_type='unknown', on_create=None, on_update=None, auto_exit=True, associations=None
+    ):
         if existing_item:
             return self.update_if_needed(existing_item, new_item, on_update=on_update, auto_exit=auto_exit, associations=associations)
         else:
-            return self.create_if_needed(existing_item, new_item, endpoint, on_create=on_create, item_type=item_type, auto_exit=auto_exit, associations=associations)
+            return self.create_if_needed(
+                existing_item, new_item, endpoint, on_create=on_create, item_type=item_type, auto_exit=auto_exit, associations=associations)
 
     def logout(self):
         if self.authenticated and self.oauth_token_id:
diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_workflow_job_template_node.py b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_workflow_job_template_node.py
index dc3ac1cf8a..71e312c625 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_workflow_job_template_node.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_workflow_job_template_node.py
@@ -319,11 +319,14 @@ def main():
         # Due to not able to lookup workflow_approval_templates, find the existing item in another place
         if workflow_job_template_node['related'].get('unified_job_template') is not None:
             existing_item = module.get_endpoint(workflow_job_template_node['related']['unified_job_template'])['json']
+        approval_endpoint = 'workflow_job_template_nodes/' + str(workflow_job_template_node_id) + '/create_approval_template/'
         module.create_or_update_if_needed(
             existing_item, new_fields,
-            endpoint='workflow_job_template_nodes/' + str(workflow_job_template_node_id) + '/create_approval_template/', item_type='workflow_job_template_approval_node',
+            endpoint=approval_endpoint, item_type='workflow_job_template_approval_node',
             associations=association_fields
         )
+
+
     module.exit_json(**module.json_output)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()