diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 328e39c7bc..f549e8714a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -409,16 +409,18 @@ class TaskExecutor:
             if not self._task.evaluate_conditional(templar, variables):
                 display.debug("when evaluation failed, skipping this task")
                 return dict(changed=False, skipped=True, skip_reason='Conditional check failed', _ansible_no_log=self._play_context.no_log)
-            # since we're not skipping, if there was a loop evaluation error
-            # raised earlier we need to raise it now to halt the execution of
-            # this task
+        except AnsibleError:
+            # loop error takes precedence
             if self._loop_eval_error is not None:
                 raise self._loop_eval_error
-        except AnsibleError:
             # skip conditional exception in the case of includes as the vars needed might not be avaiable except in the included tasks or due to tags
             if self._task.action not in ['include', 'include_role']:
                 raise
 
+        # Not skipping, if we had loop error raised earlier we need to raise it now to halt the execution of this task
+        if self._loop_eval_error is not None:
+            raise self._loop_eval_error
+
         # if we ran into an error while setting up the PlayContext, raise it now
         if context_validation_error is not None:
             raise context_validation_error