diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11754-mssql-script-params-substitution.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11754-mssql-script-params-substitution.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b06a9cfd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11754-mssql-script-params-substitution.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - mssql_script - only passes ``params`` to ``cursor.execute()`` when the user actually provides them
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11699,
+    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11754).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py b/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py
index 3dceb9ed95..7c014dc09c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mssql_script.py
@@ -377,7 +377,10 @@ def run_module():
     for query in queries:
         # Catch and exit on any bad query errors
         try:
-            cursor.execute(query, sql_params)
+            if sql_params:
+                cursor.execute(query, sql_params)
+            else:
+                cursor.execute(query)
             qry_result = []
             rows = cursor.fetchall()
             while rows: