diff --git a/airflow/sensors/base.py b/airflow/sensors/base.py
index c0cf255cad89a..1c56aa42005a0 100644
--- a/airflow/sensors/base.py
+++ b/airflow/sensors/base.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
 from airflow import settings
+from airflow.api_internal.internal_api_call import internal_api_call
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import (
     AirflowException,
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@
 from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
+
     from airflow.utils.context import Context
 
 # As documented in https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/datetime.html.
@@ -80,6 +83,31 @@ def __bool__(self) -> bool:
         return self.is_done
 
 
+@internal_api_call
+@provide_session
+def _orig_start_date(
+    dag_id: str, task_id: str, run_id: str, map_index: int, try_number: int, session: Session = NEW_SESSION
+):
+    """
+    Get the original start_date for a rescheduled task.
+
+    :meta private:
+    """
+    return session.scalar(
+        select(TaskReschedule)
+        .where(
+            TaskReschedule.dag_id == dag_id,
+            TaskReschedule.task_id == task_id,
+            TaskReschedule.run_id == run_id,
+            TaskReschedule.map_index == map_index,
+            TaskReschedule.try_number == try_number,
+        )
+        .order_by(TaskReschedule.id.asc())
+        .with_only_columns(TaskReschedule.start_date)
+        .limit(1)
+    )
+
+
 class BaseSensorOperator(BaseOperator, SkipMixin):
     """
     Sensor operators are derived from this class and inherit these attributes.
@@ -211,8 +239,7 @@ def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool | PokeReturnValue:
         """Override when deriving this class."""
         raise AirflowException("Override me.")
 
-    @provide_session
-    def execute(self, context: Context, session=NEW_SESSION) -> Any:
+    def execute(self, context: Context) -> Any:
         started_at: datetime.datetime | float
 
         if self.reschedule:
@@ -222,19 +249,12 @@ def execute(self, context: Context, session=NEW_SESSION) -> Any:
             # If reschedule, use the start date of the first try (first try can be either the very
             # first execution of the task, or the first execution after the task was cleared.)
             first_try_number = max_tries - retries + 1
-
-            start_date = session.scalar(
-                select(TaskReschedule)
-                .where(
-                    TaskReschedule.dag_id == ti.dag_id,
-                    TaskReschedule.task_id == ti.task_id,
-                    TaskReschedule.run_id == ti.run_id,
-                    TaskReschedule.map_index == ti.map_index,
-                    TaskReschedule.try_number == first_try_number,
-                )
-                .order_by(TaskReschedule.id.asc())
-                .with_only_columns(TaskReschedule.start_date)
-                .limit(1)
+            start_date = _orig_start_date(
+                dag_id=ti.dag_id,
+                task_id=ti.task_id,
+                run_id=ti.run_id,
+                map_index=ti.map_index,
+                try_number=first_try_number,
             )
             if not start_date:
                 start_date = timezone.utcnow()