diff --git a/pkg/ovncontroller/daemonset.go b/pkg/ovncontroller/daemonset.go
index 09ce8e33..b4613ab7 100644
--- a/pkg/ovncontroller/daemonset.go
+++ b/pkg/ovncontroller/daemonset.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ package ovncontroller
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/env"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/tls"
@@ -35,8 +34,8 @@ func CreateOVNDaemonSet(
 	volumes := GetOVNControllerVolumes(instance.Name, instance.Namespace)
 	mounts := GetOVNControllerVolumeMounts()
 
-	args := []string{
-		"ovn-controller --pidfile unix:/run/openvswitch/db.sock",
+	cmd := []string{
+		"ovn-controller", "--pidfile", "unix:/run/openvswitch/db.sock",
 	}
 
 	// add OVN dbs cert and CA
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ func CreateOVNDaemonSet(
 			mounts = append(mounts, instance.Spec.TLS.CreateVolumeMounts(nil)...)
 		}
 
-		args = append(args, []string{
+		cmd = append(cmd, []string{
 			fmt.Sprintf("--certificate=%s", ovn_common.OVNDbCertPath),
 			fmt.Sprintf("--private-key=%s", ovn_common.OVNDbKeyPath),
 			fmt.Sprintf("--ca-cert=%s", ovn_common.OVNDbCaCertPath),
@@ -72,8 +71,7 @@ func CreateOVNDaemonSet(
 	containers := []corev1.Container{
 		{
 			Name:    "ovn-controller",
-			Command: []string{"/bin/bash", "-c"},
-			Args:    []string{strings.Join(args, " ")},
+			Command: cmd,
 			Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
 				PreStop: &corev1.LifecycleHandler{
 					Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{
diff --git a/pkg/ovndbcluster/statefulset.go b/pkg/ovndbcluster/statefulset.go
index 1107ddbe..94c89e48 100644
--- a/pkg/ovndbcluster/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/ovndbcluster/statefulset.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func StatefulSet(
 
 	var preStopCmd []string
 	cmd := []string{"/usr/bin/dumb-init"}
-	args := []string{"--", "/bin/bash", "-c", ServiceCommand}
+	args := []string{ServiceCommand}
 	//
 	// https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/
 	//
diff --git a/pkg/ovnnorthd/deployment.go b/pkg/ovnnorthd/deployment.go
index d353c497..2f20a7fa 100644
--- a/pkg/ovnnorthd/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/ovnnorthd/deployment.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func Deployment(
 		PeriodSeconds:       5,
 		InitialDelaySeconds: 5,
 	}
-	cmd := ServiceCommand
+	cmd := []string{ServiceCommand}
 	args := []string{
 		"-vfile:off",
 		fmt.Sprintf("-vconsole:%s", instance.Spec.LogLevel),
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func Deployment(
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
 						{
 							Name:                     ovnv1.ServiceNameOVNNorthd,
-							Command:                  []string{cmd},
+							Command:                  cmd,
 							Args:                     args,
 							Image:                    instance.Spec.ContainerImage,
 							SecurityContext:          getOVNNorthdSecurityContext(),
diff --git a/tests/functional/ovncontroller_controller_test.go b/tests/functional/ovncontroller_controller_test.go
index e67ac9b8..c6774ae5 100644
--- a/tests/functional/ovncontroller_controller_test.go
+++ b/tests/functional/ovncontroller_controller_test.go
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ var _ = Describe("OVNController controller", func() {
 			th.AssertVolumeMountExists("ovn-controller-tls-certs", "ca.crt", svcC.VolumeMounts)
 
 			// check cli args
-			Expect(svcC.Args).To(And(
+			Expect(svcC.Command).To(And(
 				ContainElement(ContainSubstring(fmt.Sprintf("--private-key=%s", ovn_common.OVNDbKeyPath))),
 				ContainElement(ContainSubstring(fmt.Sprintf("--certificate=%s", ovn_common.OVNDbCertPath))),
 				ContainElement(ContainSubstring(fmt.Sprintf("--ca-cert=%s", ovn_common.OVNDbCaCertPath))),