diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_tasks.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_tasks.py
index d5a88d3e1f..445cdfc8ef 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_tasks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_tasks.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
         # Print the timings
         for uuid, result in results:
-            msg=u"{0:-<{2}}{1:->9}".format(result['name'] + u' ',u' {0:.02f}s'.format(result['time']), self.columns - 9)
+            msg=u"{0:-<{2}}{1:->9}".format(result['name'] + u' ',u' {0:.02f}s'.format(result['time']), self._display.columns - 9)
             if 'path' in result:
-                msg += u"\n{0:-<{1}}".format(result['path'] + u' ', self.columns)
+                msg += u"\n{0:-<{1}}".format(result['path'] + u' ', self._display.columns)
             self._display.display(msg)