diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a3b1fc9a3d..b7775b75d7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
 * Fix aws_s3 module handling `encrypt` option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31203)
 * Fix for win_msg to document and show error when message is greater than 255 characters
 * Fix for win_dotnet_ngen to work after recent regression
+* fixed backwards compat method for config
 
 
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index 566b1d6e774..6541a6eb082 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from string import ascii_letters, digits
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean, BOOLEANS_TRUE
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
-from ansible.config.manager import ConfigManager, ensure_type
+from ansible.config.manager import ConfigManager, ensure_type, get_ini_config_value
 
 
 def _deprecated(msg):
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def get_config(parser, section, key, env_var, default_value, value_type=None, ex
     value = os.environ.get(env_var, None)
     if value is None:
         try:
-            value = config.get_ini_config(parser, [{'key': key, 'section': section}])
+            value = get_ini_config_value(parser, {'key': key, 'section': section})
         except:
             pass
     if value is None: