diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/win_initialize_disk-offline.yml b/changelogs/fragments/win_initialize_disk-offline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2277de32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/win_initialize_disk-offline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+- >-
+  win_initialize_disk - Ensure ``online: False`` doesn't bring the disk online again - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/268
diff --git a/plugins/modules/win_initialize_disk.ps1 b/plugins/modules/win_initialize_disk.ps1
index 556c74b3..2602fdef 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/win_initialize_disk.ps1
+++ b/plugins/modules/win_initialize_disk.ps1
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if ("RAW" -eq $ansible_part_style) {
     } elseif ($force_init) {
         $ansible_disk = Set-AnsibleDisk -AnsibleDisk $ansible_disk -BringOnline $bring_online
         Clear-AnsibleDisk -AnsibleDisk $ansible_disk
-        Initialize-AnsibleDisk -AnsibleDisk $ansible_disk -PartitionStyle $partition_style
+        if ( $bring_online ) { Initialize-AnsibleDisk -AnsibleDisk $ansible_disk -PartitionStyle $partition_style }
     }
 }