diff --git a/guest/runtime/hcsv2/uvm.go b/guest/runtime/hcsv2/uvm.go
index 32eacfb7aa..c283c0244b 100644
--- a/guest/runtime/hcsv2/uvm.go
+++ b/guest/runtime/hcsv2/uvm.go
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ func (h *Host) ExecProcess(ctx context.Context, containerID string, params prot.
 			}
 
 			if envToKeep != nil {
-				params.OCIProcess.Args = envToKeep
+				params.OCIProcess.Env = envToKeep
 			}
 
 			pid, err = c.ExecProcess(ctx, params.OCIProcess, conSettings)