diff --git a/cmd/podman/registry/config.go b/cmd/podman/registry/config.go
index fd8f322c45..db5c292973 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/registry/config.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/registry/config.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func containersConfModules() ([]string, error) {
 	fs.ParseErrorsWhitelist.UnknownFlags = true
 	fs.Usage = func() {}
 	fs.SetInterspersed(false)
-	fs.StringSliceVar(&modules, "module", nil, "")
+	fs.StringArrayVar(&modules, "module", nil, "")
 	fs.BoolP("help", "h", false, "") // Need a fake help flag to avoid the `pflag: help requested` error
 	return modules, fs.Parse(os.Args[index:])
 }
diff --git a/cmd/podman/root.go b/cmd/podman/root.go
index bec9bd071e..e8a746a5f4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/root.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/root.go
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ func rootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, podmanConfig *entities.PodmanConfig) {
 		// as a flag here to a) make sure that rootflags are aware of
 		// this flag and b) to have shell completions.
 		moduleFlagName := "module"
-		lFlags.StringSlice(moduleFlagName, nil, "Load the containers.conf(5) module")
+		lFlags.StringArray(moduleFlagName, nil, "Load the containers.conf(5) module")
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(moduleFlagName, common.AutocompleteContainersConfModules)
 
 		// A *hidden* flag to change the database backend.
diff --git a/test/system/800-config.bats b/test/system/800-config.bats
index 588a68f765..13b56a0e92 100644
--- a/test/system/800-config.bats
+++ b/test/system/800-config.bats
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ See 'podman create --help'" "--module must be specified before the command"
 
     run_podman rm -f $cid
 
-    # Nonexistent module path
-    nonesuch=${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/nonexistent
+    # Nonexistent module path with comma
+    nonesuch=${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/nonexistent,withcomma
     run_podman 1 --module=$nonesuch sdfsdfdsf
     is "$output" "Failed to obtain podman configuration: could not resolve module \"$nonesuch\": stat $nonesuch: no such file or directory" \
        "--module=ENOENT"