diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_network.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_network.py
index 7ab0f985d83792..d3a4e1343e2c89 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_network.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_network.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def main():
             ipv4_range=dict(type='str'),
             name=dict(required=True, type='str'),
             auto_create_subnetworks=dict(type='bool'),
-            routing_config=dict(type='list', elements='dict', options=dict(
+            routing_config=dict(type='dict', options=dict(
                 routing_mode=dict(required=True, type='str', choices=['REGIONAL', 'GLOBAL'])
             ))
         )
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def resource_to_request(module):
         u'IPv4Range': module.params.get('ipv4_range'),
         u'name': module.params.get('name'),
         u'autoCreateSubnetworks': module.params.get('auto_create_subnetworks'),
-        u'routingConfig': NetworkRoutingconfigArray(module.params.get('routing_config', []), module).to_request()
+        u'routingConfig': NetworkRoutingconfig(module.params.get('routing_config', {}), module).to_request()
     }
     return_vals = {}
     for k, v in request.items():
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def response_to_hash(module, response):
         u'subnetworks': response.get(u'subnetworks'),
         u'autoCreateSubnetworks': module.params.get('auto_create_subnetworks'),
         u'creationTimestamp': response.get(u'creationTimestamp'),
-        u'routingConfig': NetworkRoutingconfigArray(response.get(u'routingConfig', []), module).from_response()
+        u'routingConfig': NetworkRoutingconfig(response.get(u'routingConfig', {}), module).from_response()
     }
 
 
@@ -388,34 +388,22 @@ def raise_if_errors(response, err_path, module):
         module.fail_json(msg=errors)
 
 
-class NetworkRoutingconfigArray(object):
+class NetworkRoutingconfig(object):
     def __init__(self, request, module):
         self.module = module
         if request:
             self.request = request
         else:
-            self.request = []
+            self.request = {}
 
     def to_request(self):
-        items = []
-        for item in self.request:
-            items.append(self._request_for_item(item))
-        return items
-
-    def from_response(self):
-        items = []
-        for item in self.request:
-            items.append(self._response_from_item(item))
-        return items
-
-    def _request_for_item(self, item):
         return remove_nones_from_dict({
-            u'routingMode': item.get('routing_mode')
+            u'routingMode': self.request.get('routing_mode')
         })
 
-    def _response_from_item(self, item):
+    def from_response(self):
         return remove_nones_from_dict({
-            u'routingMode': item.get(u'routingMode')
+            u'routingMode': self.request.get(u'routingMode')
         })