diff --git a/rules_scheduler/rules_scheduler.module b/rules_scheduler/rules_scheduler.module
index d335032..6134b4d 100644
--- a/rules_scheduler/rules_scheduler.module
+++ b/rules_scheduler/rules_scheduler.module
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ function rules_scheduler_cron_queue_info() {
  */
 function rules_scheduler_run_task(array $task) {
   try {
+    // BC support for tasks that have been already queued, before update
+    // rules_scheduler_update_7204() ran.
+    if (isset($task['state'])) {
+      $task['data'] = $task['state'];
+    }
     rules_scheduler_task_handler($task)->runTask();
   }
   catch (RulesEvaluationException $e) {