diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2808-pids-older-psutil.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2808-pids-older-psutil.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34015e3f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2808-pids-older-psutil.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "pids - avoid crashes for older ``psutil`` versions, like on RHEL6 and RHEL7 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2808)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/system/pids.py b/plugins/modules/system/pids.py
index 5c7b82a794..622bec2500 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/system/pids.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/system/pids.py
@@ -79,11 +79,20 @@ def compare_lower(a, b):
 def get_pid(name):
     pids = []
 
-    for proc in psutil.process_iter(attrs=['name', 'cmdline']):
-        if compare_lower(proc.info['name'], name) or \
-                proc.info['cmdline'] and compare_lower(proc.info['cmdline'][0], name):
-            pids.append(proc.pid)
-
+    try:
+        for proc in psutil.process_iter(attrs=['name', 'cmdline']):
+            if compare_lower(proc.info['name'], name) or \
+                    proc.info['cmdline'] and compare_lower(proc.info['cmdline'][0], name):
+                pids.append(proc.pid)
+    except TypeError:  # EL6, EL7: process_iter() takes no arguments (1 given)
+        for proc in psutil.process_iter():
+            try:  # EL7
+                proc_name, proc_cmdline = proc.name(), proc.cmdline()
+            except TypeError:  # EL6: 'str' object is not callable
+                proc_name, proc_cmdline = proc.name, proc.cmdline
+            if compare_lower(proc_name, name) or \
+                    proc_cmdline and compare_lower(proc_cmdline[0], name):
+                pids.append(proc.pid)
     return pids