diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/acl.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/acl.py
index d7331e871c4..401122ab806 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/acl.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/acl.py
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ import os
 
 # import module snippets
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, get_platform
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 
 def split_entry(entry):
     ''' splits entry and ensures normalized return'''
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
index c6c536282e6..02db2e19d95 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ import time
 from zipfile import ZipFile, BadZipfile
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.pycompat24 import get_exception
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text