diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py b/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py
index d82e61120..25b5a7826 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/strategy.py
@@ -130,11 +130,13 @@ def wrap_action_loader__get(name, *args, **kwargs):
     action plugins outside the Ansible tree.
     """
     get_kwargs = {'class_only': True}
-    if name in ('fetch',):
-        name = 'mitogen_' + name
     if ansible.__version__ >= '2.8':
         get_kwargs['collection_list'] = kwargs.pop('collection_list', None)
 
+    if name in ('fetch',):
+        name = 'mitogen_' + name
+        get_kwargs['collection_list'] = None
+
     klass = ansible_mitogen.loaders.action_loader__get(name, **get_kwargs)
     if klass:
         bases = (ansible_mitogen.mixins.ActionModuleMixin, klass)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 46bd8522e..4d28ee2aa 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Release Notes
 To avail of fixes in an unreleased version, please download a ZIP file
 `directly from GitHub <https://github.com/dw/mitogen/>`_.
 
+v0.2.11dev0
+-----------
+
+* :gh:issue:`971` Fix ansible action plugin lookup when resolving fetch inside a collection
+
+
 v0.2.10 (2021-10-28)
 --------------------