diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/poller.py b/lib/ansible/runner/poller.py
index 5fd3537480..0218481415 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/poller.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/poller.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class AsyncPoller(object):
                 self.active = True
             else:
                 skipped = skipped and res.get('skipped', False)
+                self.runner.vars_cache[host]['ansible_job_id'] = ''
                 self.results['contacted'][host] = res
         for (host, res) in results['dark'].iteritems():
             self.runner.vars_cache[host]['ansible_job_id'] = ''
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml
index b83227791b..556284770a 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@
         - "'ansible_job_id' in async_result"
         - "'started' in async_result"
         - "'finished' not in async_result"
+
+- name: test skipped task handling
+  command: /bin/true 
+  async: 15
+  poll: 0
+  when: False