diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_snap.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_snap.py
index 93c6fe7a78a6..bfeeecf02248 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_snap.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_snap.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def run_commands(commands):
     for command in fixed_snap_commands:
         shell = isinstance(command, str)
         try:
-            subp.subp([command], shell=shell)
+            subp.subp(command, shell=shell)
         except subp.ProcessExecutionError as e:
             cmd_failures.append(str(e))
     if cmd_failures: