diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8929-cmd_runner-bugfix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8929-cmd_runner-bugfix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d8e0170f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8929-cmd_runner-bugfix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - cmd_runner module utils - call to ``get_best_parsable_locales()`` was missing parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8929).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py b/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
index 95167a282d..f9d6e98056 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class CmdRunner(object):
         self.check_rc = check_rc
         if force_lang == "auto":
             try:
-                self.force_lang = get_best_parsable_locale()
+                self.force_lang = get_best_parsable_locale(module)
             except RuntimeWarning:
                 self.force_lang = "C"
         else: