diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/loop-cache-include-apply.yml b/changelogs/fragments/loop-cache-include-apply.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15a0ea3cf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/loop-cache-include-apply.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- delegate_to - Fix issue where delegate_to was upplied via ``apply`` on an include, where a loop was present on the include
diff --git a/lib/ansible/vars/manager.py b/lib/ansible/vars/manager.py
index 2516014f0cd..8a8efc13ef5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/vars/manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/vars/manager.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class VariableManager:
     def _get_delegated_vars(self, play, task, existing_variables):
         if not hasattr(task, 'loop'):
             # This "task" is not a Task, so we need to skip it
-            return {}
+            return {}, None
 
         # we unfortunately need to template the delegate_to field here,
         # as we're fetching vars before post_validate has been called on