diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82708-unsafe-plugin-name-error.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82708-unsafe-plugin-name-error.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1de42c31adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/82708-unsafe-plugin-name-error.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "Fix an issue when setting a plugin name from an unsafe source resulted in ``ValueError: unmarshallable object`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82708)"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
index 8b7fbfce823..2e8a77e398b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from ansible.utils.collection_loader import AnsibleCollectionConfig, AnsibleColl
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader._collection_finder import _AnsibleCollectionFinder, _get_collection_metadata
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.plugin_docs import add_fragments, find_plugin_docfile
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import _is_unsafe
 
 # TODO: take the packaging dep, or vendor SpecifierSet?
 
@@ -858,6 +859,17 @@ class PluginLoader:
 
     def get_with_context(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
         ''' instantiates a plugin of the given name using arguments '''
+        if _is_unsafe(name):
+            # Objects constructed using the name wrapped as unsafe remain
+            # (correctly) unsafe. Using such unsafe objects in places
+            # where underlying types (builtin string in this case) are
+            # expected can cause problems.
+            # One such case is importlib.abc.Loader.exec_module failing
+            # with "ValueError: unmarshallable object" because the module
+            # object is created with the __path__ attribute being wrapped
+            # as unsafe which isn't marshallable.
+            # Manually removing the unsafe wrapper prevents such issues.
+            name = name._strip_unsafe()
 
         found_in_cache = True
         class_only = kwargs.pop('class_only', False)
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/collections/ansible_collections/n/c/plugins/action/a.py b/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/collections/ansible_collections/n/c/plugins/action/a.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..685b1597d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/collections/ansible_collections/n/c/plugins/action/a.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+
+
+class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
+        return {"nca_executed": True}
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/runme.sh
index e30f62419b3..7c3169f27a0 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/runme.sh
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ done
 
 # test config loading
 ansible-playbook use_coll_name.yml -i ../../inventory -e 'ansible_connection=ansible.builtin.ssh' "$@"
+
+ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH=$PWD/collections ansible-playbook unsafe_plugin_name.yml "$@"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/unsafe_plugin_name.yml b/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/unsafe_plugin_name.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73cd4399ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/plugin_loader/unsafe_plugin_name.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - action: !unsafe n.c.a
+      register: r
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - r.nca_executed