diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py
index 7ef24e9b3a6..8897f87af11 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             data = to_text(b_data, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
 
             self.show_content = show_content
-            data = self._loader.load(data, show_content)
+            data = self._loader.load(data, file_name=filename, show_content=show_content)
             if not data:
                 data = dict()
             if not isinstance(data, dict):