diff --git a/src/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/early_stopping.py b/src/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/early_stopping.py
index 6c1a43e1d1..4acff87dfa 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/early_stopping.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/early_stopping.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class EarlyStopping(Callback):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _log_info(trainer: Optional["pl.Trainer"], message: str, log_rank_zero_only: bool) -> None:
-        rank = _get_rank(trainer)
+        rank = _get_rank(strategy=(trainer.strategy if trainer is not None else None))
         if trainer is not None and trainer.world_size <= 1:
             rank = None
         message = rank_prefixed_message(message, rank)