diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dwim_is_role_fix_task_relative.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dwim_is_role_fix_task_relative.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb4c6b39c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/dwim_is_role_fix_task_relative.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Fix using the current task's directory for looking up relative paths within roles (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82695).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
index 17fc5342964..9554aef36be 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py
@@ -329,11 +329,10 @@ class DataLoader:
                 if (is_role or self._is_role(path)) and b_pb_base_dir.endswith(b'/tasks'):
                     search.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(b_pb_base_dir), b_dirname, b_source))
                     search.append(os.path.join(b_pb_base_dir, b_source))
-                else:
-                    # don't add dirname if user already is using it in source
-                    if b_source.split(b'/')[0] != dirname:
-                        search.append(os.path.join(b_upath, b_dirname, b_source))
-                    search.append(os.path.join(b_upath, b_source))
+                # don't add dirname if user already is using it in source
+                if b_source.split(b'/')[0] != dirname:
+                    search.append(os.path.join(b_upath, b_dirname, b_source))
+                search.append(os.path.join(b_upath, b_source))
 
             # always append basedir as last resort
             # don't add dirname if user already is using it in source
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60f4b90d231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- include_tasks: subdir/main.yml
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/subdir/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/subdir/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64f4d86e8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/subdir/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "lookup('first_found', task_adjacent) is is_file"
+  vars:
+    task_adjacent:
+      - files:
+          - relative
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/subdir/relative b/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/roles/a/tasks/subdir/relative
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/tasks/main.yml
index 174de6d6d75..9a4d134e383 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_first_found/tasks/main.yml
@@ -152,3 +152,7 @@
   assert:
     that:
       - q('first_found', ['/nonexistant'], skip=True) == []
+
+- name: Test relative paths in roles
+  include_role:
+    role: "{{ role_path }}/roles/a"