diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py
index 2eb0a805d2..3c41e59c4a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ class CallbackBase:
         self.playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining()
 
     def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
-        self.playbook_on_task_start(task, is_conditional)
+        self.playbook_on_task_start(task.name, is_conditional)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_cleanup_task_start(self, task):
         pass #no v1 correspondance