diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/nxos_vlans_after_regex.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/nxos_vlans_after_regex.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d67c5b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/nxos_vlans_after_regex.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans - fix vlans regex pattern that ignores vlans missing a name, even though the vlan has a vn-segment. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/pull/938).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/facts/vlans/vlans.py b/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/facts/vlans/vlans.py
index f7ac798f1..9fc7b483a 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/facts/vlans/vlans.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/facts/vlans/vlans.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def normalize_table_data(self, structured, run_cfg_output):
                 # Sample match lines
                 # 202\n  name Production-Segment-100101\n  vn-segment 100101
                 # 5\n  state suspend\n  shutdown\n  name test-changeme\n  vn-segment 942
-                pattern = r"^{0}\s+\S.*vn-segment".format(v["vlan_id"])
+                pattern = r"^{0}\s+.*vn-segment".format(v["vlan_id"])
                 if re.search(pattern, item, flags=re.DOTALL):
                     vlan["run_cfg"] = item
                     break
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/fixtures/nxos_vlans/show_running-config b/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/fixtures/nxos_vlans/show_running-config
index 51e64c996..28d8550b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/fixtures/nxos_vlans/show_running-config
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/fixtures/nxos_vlans/show_running-config
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 vlan 1,3-5,8
 vlan 3
   name test-vlan3
+vlan 4
+  vn-segment 402
 vlan 5
   shutdown
   name test-changeme