diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b826e55886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/info.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/info.yml
index ac27f06fd1..9c1633d1e1 100644
--- a/molecule/default/tasks/info.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/info.yml
@@ -199,6 +199,38 @@
         that:
           - "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%s') }} - {{ start }} > 30"
 
+    - name: Create simple pod
+      k8s:
+        definition:
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Pod
+          metadata:
+            name: wait-pod-1
+            namespace: "{{ wait_namespace }}"
+          spec:
+            containers:
+              - image: busybox
+                name: busybox
+                command:
+                  - /bin/sh
+                  - -c
+                  - while true; do sleep 5; done
+
+    - name: Wait for multiple non-existent pods to be created
+      k8s_info:
+        kind: Pod
+        namespace: "{{ wait_namespace }}"
+        label_selectors:
+          - thislabel=doesnotexist
+        wait: yes
+        wait_timeout: 10
+      register: result
+
+    - name: Assert no pods were found
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - not result.resources
+
   vars:
     k8s_pod_name: pod-info-1
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index d0a6b0f510..09ecc1aee2 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -360,21 +360,28 @@ def kubernetes_facts(
         def _elapsed():
             return (datetime.now() - start).seconds
 
-        if result is None:
-            while _elapsed() < wait_timeout:
-                try:
-                    result = resource.get(
-                        name=name,
-                        namespace=namespace,
-                        label_selector=",".join(label_selectors),
-                        field_selector=",".join(field_selectors),
-                    )
-                    break
-                except NotFoundError:
-                    pass
-                time.sleep(wait_sleep)
-            if result is None:
-                return dict(resources=[], api_found=True)
+        def result_empty(result):
+            return (
+                result is None
+                or result.kind.endswith("List")
+                and not result.get("items")
+            )
+
+        while result_empty(result) and _elapsed() < wait_timeout:
+            try:
+                result = resource.get(
+                    name=name,
+                    namespace=namespace,
+                    label_selector=",".join(label_selectors),
+                    field_selector=",".join(field_selectors),
+                )
+            except NotFoundError:
+                pass
+            if not result_empty(result):
+                break
+            time.sleep(wait_sleep)
+        if result_empty(result):
+            return dict(resources=[], api_found=True)
 
         if isinstance(result, ResourceInstance):
             satisfied_by = []
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_info.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_info.py
index 6983314d98..65d4cac890 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_info.py
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ def main():
 
     k8s_ansible_mixin = K8sAnsibleMixin(module)
     k8s_ansible_mixin.client = get_api_client(module=module)
+    k8s_ansible_mixin.fail_json = module.fail_json
+    k8s_ansible_mixin.fail = module.fail_json
+    k8s_ansible_mixin.exit_json = module.exit_json
+    k8s_ansible_mixin.warn = module.warn
     execute_module(module, k8s_ansible_mixin)