diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py b/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py
index ec11a7e0..2e9cac7f 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/podman/quadlet.py
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def custom_prepare_params(self, params: dict) -> dict:
             for volume in params["volumes_from"]:
                 params["podman_args"].append(f"--volumes-from {volume}")
         if params["cmd_args"]:
-            params["podman_args"].append(params["cmd_args"])
+            params["podman_args"] += params["cmd_args"]
 
         # Return params with custom processing applied
         return params