diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 6d62eea68b..9bc875b02a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class TaskExecutor:
         # get the connection and the handler for this execution
         self._connection = self._get_connection(variables)
         self._connection.set_host_overrides(host=self._host)
+        self._connection._connect()
 
         self._handler = self._get_action_handler(connection=self._connection, templar=templar)