diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
index 4ce0bc8551..3d34d3e405 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/aws/core.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class AnsibleAWSModule(object):
                 msg='Python modules "botocore" or "boto3" are missing, please install both')
 
         self.check_mode = self._module.check_mode
+        self._name = self._module._name
 
     @property
     def params(self):