diff --git a/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
index 1aef060505b..ab9bc466ee4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class Templar:
     def _clean_data(self, orig_data):
         ''' remove jinja2 template tags from a string '''
 
-        if not isinstance(orig_data, string_types) or hasattr(orig_data, '__ENCRYPTED__') or hasattr(orig_data, '__UNSAFE__'):
+        if not isinstance(orig_data, string_types) or hasattr(orig_data, '__ENCRYPTED__'):
             return orig_data
 
         with contextlib.closing(StringIO(orig_data)) as data:
@@ -385,11 +385,12 @@ class Templar:
                             overrides=overrides,
                             disable_lookups=disable_lookups,
                         )
+
+                        unsafe = hasattr(result, '__UNSAFE__')
                         if convert_data and not self._no_type_regex.match(variable):
                             # if this looks like a dictionary or list, convert it to such using the safe_eval method
                             if (result.startswith("{") and not result.startswith(self.environment.variable_start_string)) or \
                                     result.startswith("[") or result in ("True", "False"):
-                                unsafe = hasattr(result, '__UNSAFE__')
                                 eval_results = safe_eval(result, locals=self._available_variables, include_exceptions=True)
                                 if eval_results[1] is None:
                                     result = eval_results[0]