diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index d9cb7170b33..94ad6786c02 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
                     except AnsibleUndefinedVariable as e:
                         loop_terms = []
                         display.deprecated("Skipping task due to undefined Error, in the future this will be a fatal error.: %s" % to_bytes(e))
-                items = self._shared_loader_obj.lookup_loader.get(self._task.loop, loader=self._loader, templar=templar).run(terms=loop_terms, variables=self._job_vars)
+                items = self._shared_loader_obj.lookup_loader.get(self._task.loop, loader=self._loader, templar=templar).run(terms=loop_terms, variables=self._job_vars, wantlist=True)
             else:
                 raise AnsibleError("Unexpected failure in finding the lookup named '%s' in the available lookup plugins" % self._task.loop)