diff --git a/changelog/6137.bugfix.rst b/changelog/6137.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2403dd7ad485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/6137.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a bug where an invalid language variable prevents rasa from finding training examples when importing Dialogflow data.
diff --git a/rasa/nlu/train.py b/rasa/nlu/train.py
index 7466750a5bf1..33f30b023979 100644
--- a/rasa/nlu/train.py
+++ b/rasa/nlu/train.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ async def train(
             training_data_endpoint, nlu_config.language
         )
     elif isinstance(data, TrainingDataImporter):
-        training_data = await data.get_nlu_data(nlu_config.data)
+        training_data = await data.get_nlu_data(nlu_config.language)
     else:
         training_data = load_data(data, nlu_config.language)