diff --git a/tools/provision b/tools/provision
index 0a79d0c439..babfa5bfbb 100755
--- a/tools/provision
+++ b/tools/provision
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo "PROVISIONING STARTING." >> $LOG_PATH
 # PYTHONUNBUFFERED is important to ensure that tracebacks don't get
 # lost far above where they should be in the output.
 export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-"$PYTHON" "$PROVISION_PATH" $@ 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_PATH"
+"$PYTHON" "$PROVISION_PATH" "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG_PATH"
 failed=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 
 if [ $failed = 1 ]; then