diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index 6519adb3ee8..25a83d64a92 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ class Runner(object):
 
         if not result.comm_ok:
             # connection or parsing errors...
-            self.callbacks.on_unreachable(host, data)
+            self.callbacks.on_unreachable(host, result.result)
         else:
             data = result.result
             if 'skipped' in data: