diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py
index d8eb5b9144..af1d1ee664 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_networkinterface.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # This is handled in azure_rm_common
     pass
 
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, azure_id_to_dict
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, azure_id_to_dict, normalize_location_name
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ class AzureRMNetworkInterface(AzureRMModuleBase):
         if not self.location:
             # Set default location
             self.location = resource_group.location
+        self.location = normalize_location_name(self.location)
 
         # parse the virtual network resource group and name
         self.virtual_network = self.parse_resource_to_dict(self.virtual_network)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
index 82d3be1824..7a3585a3e9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ except ImportError:
     pass
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import to_native, to_bytes
-from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, azure_id_to_dict
+from ansible.module_utils.azure_rm_common import AzureRMModuleBase, azure_id_to_dict, normalize_location_name
 
 
 AZURE_OBJECT_CLASS = 'VirtualMachine'
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ class AzureRMVirtualMachine(AzureRMModuleBase):
             # Set default location
             self.location = resource_group.location
 
+        self.location = normalize_location_name(self.location)
+
         if self.state == 'present':
             # Verify parameters and resolve any defaults