diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index 2e55e8e7cd..65c78317c0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(labelFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
 		labelFileFlagName := "label-file"
-		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		createFlags.StringArrayVar(
 			&cf.LabelFile,
 			labelFileFlagName, []string{},
 			"Read in a line delimited file of labels",