diff --git a/manilaclient/osc/v2/share_networks.py b/manilaclient/osc/v2/share_networks.py
index d6a3f5ae3..ef15d1a8c 100644
--- a/manilaclient/osc/v2/share_networks.py
+++ b/manilaclient/osc/v2/share_networks.py
@@ -295,9 +295,7 @@ class CreateShareNetwork(command.ShowOne):
                 "Availability zone can be specified only with manila API "
                 "version >= 2.51")
         elif parsed_args.availability_zone:
-            availability_zone = oscutils.find_resource(
-                share_client.availability_zones,
-                parsed_args.availability_zone).name
+            availability_zone = parsed_args.availability_zone
 
         share_network = share_client.share_networks.create(
             name=parsed_args.name,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1962288-fixed-share-network-create-command-879dc3deca131ef9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1962288-fixed-share-network-create-command-879dc3deca131ef9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2a26cc3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1962288-fixed-share-network-create-command-879dc3deca131ef9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed the use of the "--availability-zone" option with the
+    "openstack share network create" command.