diff --git a/registry_module.go b/registry_module.go
index 6d99ca16e..6cb24496a 100644
--- a/registry_module.go
+++ b/registry_module.go
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ func (r *registryModules) Read(ctx context.Context, moduleID RegistryModuleID) (
 	if moduleID.ExternalID != "" {
 		u = fmt.Sprintf("registry-modules/%s", url.PathEscape(moduleID.ExternalID))
 	} else {
-
 		if moduleID.RegistryName == "" {
 			log.Println("[WARN] Support for using the RegistryModuleID without RegistryName is deprecated as of release 1.5.0 and may be removed in a future version. The preferred method is to include the RegistryName in RegistryModuleID.")
 			moduleID.RegistryName = PrivateRegistry
diff --git a/registry_module_integration_test.go b/registry_module_integration_test.go
index 6c290629e..5dffffd60 100644
--- a/registry_module_integration_test.go
+++ b/registry_module_integration_test.go
@@ -1193,6 +1193,27 @@ func TestRegistryModulesRead(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 
+	t.Run("with a external ID field for private module", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rm, err := client.RegistryModules.Read(ctx, RegistryModuleID{
+			ExternalID: registryModuleTest.ID,
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, rm)
+		assert.Equal(t, registryModuleTest.ID, rm.ID)
+
+		t.Run("permissions are properly decoded", func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.NotEmpty(t, rm.Permissions)
+			assert.True(t, rm.Permissions.CanDelete)
+			assert.True(t, rm.Permissions.CanResync)
+			assert.True(t, rm.Permissions.CanRetry)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("timestamps are properly decoded", func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.NotEmpty(t, rm.CreatedAt)
+			assert.NotEmpty(t, rm.UpdatedAt)
+		})
+	})
+
 	t.Run("without a name", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rm, err := client.RegistryModules.Read(ctx, RegistryModuleID{
 			Organization: orgTest.Name,