diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/find_error_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/find_error_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4dcbd5a2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/find_error_fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - find action, correctly convert path to text when warning about skiping.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/find.py b/lib/ansible/modules/find.py
index 7db5004ca34..ca8b483b165 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/find.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/find.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def main():
                 if not params['recurse']:
                     break
         except Exception as e:
-            warn = "Skipped '%s' path due to this access issue: %s\n" % (npath, to_text(e))
+            warn = "Skipped '%s' path due to this access issue: %s\n" % (to_text(npath), to_text(e))
             module.warn(warn)
             msg += warn