diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/create.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/create.yml
index 01467d8d1..47e66b354 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/create.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/create.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         var: containers_commands
     - name: "Append the list of all podman commands that are run for containers with changes"
       set_fact:
-        all_containers_commands: "{{ containers_commands + (all_containers_commands | default([]) | list) }}"
+        all_containers_commands: "{{ containers_commands|default([], true) + (all_containers_commands | default([]) | list) }}"
 
 - name: "Print the list of containers which changed"
   debug:
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/exec.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/exec.yml
index a955132b9..f9ce4c5f2 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/exec.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-container-manage/tasks/podman/exec.yml
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@
         var: containers_commands
     - name: "Append the list of all podman commands that are run for containers with changes"
       set_fact:
-        all_containers_commands: "{{ containers_commands + (all_containers_commands | default([]) | list) }}"
+        all_containers_commands: "{{ containers_commands|default([], true) + (all_containers_commands | default([]) | list) }}"