diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10176-fix-proxmox_snap_timeout.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10176-fix-proxmox_snap_timeout.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1217b9d55e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10176-fix-proxmox_snap_timeout.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - proxmox - correctly handle proxmox_snap timeout parameter (//github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10176)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/proxmox_snap.py b/plugins/modules/proxmox_snap.py
index 158efe99ec7..9abc5cf1add 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_snap.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_snap.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def _container_mp_restore(self, vm, vmid, timeout, unbind, mountpoints, vmstatus
 
     def start_instance(self, vm, vmid, timeout):
         taskid = self.vmstatus(vm, vmid).start.post()
-        while timeout:
+        while timeout >= 0:
             if self.api_task_ok(vm['node'], taskid):
                 return True
             timeout -= 1
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def start_instance(self, vm, vmid, timeout):
 
     def shutdown_instance(self, vm, vmid, timeout):
         taskid = self.vmstatus(vm, vmid).shutdown.post()
-        while timeout:
+        while timeout >= 0:
             if self.api_task_ok(vm['node'], taskid):
                 return True
             timeout -= 1
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def snapshot_create(self, vm, vmid, timeout, snapname, description, vmstate, unb
         else:
             taskid = self.snapshot(vm, vmid).post(snapname=snapname, description=description, vmstate=int(vmstate))
 
-        while timeout:
+        while timeout >= 0:
             if self.api_task_ok(vm['node'], taskid):
                 break
             if timeout == 0:
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def snapshot_remove(self, vm, vmid, timeout, snapname, force):
             return True
 
         taskid = self.snapshot(vm, vmid).delete(snapname, force=int(force))
-        while timeout:
+        while timeout >= 0:
             if self.api_task_ok(vm['node'], taskid):
                 return True
             if timeout == 0:
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ def snapshot_rollback(self, vm, vmid, timeout, snapname):
             return True
 
         taskid = self.snapshot(vm, vmid)(snapname).post("rollback")
-        while timeout:
+        while timeout >= 0:
             if self.api_task_ok(vm['node'], taskid):
                 return True
             if timeout == 0: