diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/47712-docker_container-detach-auto-remove.yml b/changelogs/fragments/47712-docker_container-detach-auto-remove.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..728218fb5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/47712-docker_container-detach-auto-remove.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "docker_container - fixing race condition when ``detach`` and ``auto_remove`` are both ``true``."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/docker_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/docker_common.py
index aad9c69ccc..71819d9800 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/docker_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/docker_common.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ HAS_DOCKER_ERROR = None
 try:
     from requests.exceptions import SSLError
     from docker import __version__ as docker_version
-    from docker.errors import APIError, TLSParameterError, NotFound
+    from docker.errors import APIError, NotFound, TLSParameterError
     from docker.tls import TLSConfig
     from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
     from docker import auth
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ if not HAS_DOCKER_PY:
     class APIError(Exception):
         pass
 
+    class NotFound(Exception):  # noqa: F811
+        pass
+
 
 def sanitize_result(data):
     """Sanitize data object for return to Ansible.
@@ -442,6 +445,8 @@ class AnsibleDockerClient(Client):
                 self.log("Inspecting container Id %s" % result['Id'])
                 result = self.inspect_container(container=result['Id'])
                 self.log("Completed container inspection")
+            except NotFound as exc:
+                return None
             except Exception as exc:
                 self.fail("Error inspecting container: %s" % exc)