diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/230-openssh_keypair-check_mode-return-values.yml b/changelogs/fragments/230-openssh_keypair-check_mode-return-values.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c52e293a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/230-openssh_keypair-check_mode-return-values.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - openssh_keypair - fix ``check_mode`` to populate return values for existing keypairs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/issues/113, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/230).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/openssh_keypair.py b/plugins/modules/openssh_keypair.py
index 69eab3c4..36225681 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/openssh_keypair.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/openssh_keypair.py
@@ -590,8 +590,9 @@ def main():
     if keypair.state == 'present':
 
         if module.check_mode:
+            changed = keypair.force or not keypair.isPrivateKeyValid(module) or not keypair.isPublicKeyValid(module)
             result = keypair.dump()
-            result['changed'] = keypair.force or not keypair.isPrivateKeyValid(module) or not keypair.isPublicKeyValid(module)
+            result['changed'] = changed
             module.exit_json(**result)
 
         try:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml b/tests/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml
index cb1f05e1..ebdae6b0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       - privatekey1_result_check is changed
       - privatekey1_result is changed
       - privatekey1_idem_result_check is not changed
+      - privatekey1_idem_result_check.public_key.startswith("ssh-rsa")
       - privatekey1_idem_result is not changed
 
 - name: Validate privatekey1 return fingerprint