diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py b/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
index ec3a91776e..d2d8864b60 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ class PlaybookCLI(CLI):
             # Invalid limit
             raise AnsibleError("Specified --limit does not match any hosts")
 
+        # flush fact cache if requested
+        if self.options.flush_cache:
+            for host in inventory.list_hosts():
+                variable_manager.clear_facts(host)
+
         # create the playbook executor, which manages running the plays via a task queue manager
         pbex = PlaybookExecutor(playbooks=self.args, inventory=inventory, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, options=self.options, passwords=passwords)
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index efe0e869cb..2addc597a7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -615,7 +615,12 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
         if not tmp and self._late_needs_tmp_path(tmp, module_style):
             tmp = self._make_tmp_path(remote_user)
 
-        if tmp:
+        if tmp and \
+         (module_style != 'new' or \
+         not self._connection.has_pipelining or \
+         not self._play_context.pipelining or \
+         C.DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES or \
+         self._play_context.become_method == 'su'):
             remote_module_filename = self._connection._shell.get_remote_filename(module_path)
             remote_module_path = self._connection._shell.join_path(tmp, remote_module_filename)
             if module_style in ('old', 'non_native_want_json', 'binary'):