diff --git a/util/helm/helm.go b/util/helm/helm.go
index d387c8324fa80..ccc6526ef3f78 100644
--- a/util/helm/helm.go
+++ b/util/helm/helm.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ func (h *helm) GetParameters(valuesFiles []string) ([]*argoappv1.HelmParameter,
 }
 
 func (h *helm) helmCmd(args ...string) (string, error) {
+	cleanHelmParameters(args)
 	return h.helmCmdExt(args, func(s string) string {
 		return s
 	})
@@ -248,3 +250,10 @@ func flatVals(input map[string]interface{}, output map[string]string, prefixes .
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func cleanHelmParameters(params []string) {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`([^\\]),`)
+	for i, param := range params {
+		params[i] = re.ReplaceAllString(param, `$1\,`)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/helm/helm_test.go b/util/helm/helm_test.go
index 56b9fe26d1859..2657730d4c1d3 100644
--- a/util/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/util/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -159,3 +159,22 @@ func TestHelmTemplateReleaseName(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHelmArgCleaner(t *testing.T) {
+	cleanArgs := []string{`--these-args`, `are-clean`, `--foo`, `bar`}
+	argsToBeCleaned := make([]string, len(cleanArgs))
+	copy(argsToBeCleaned, cleanArgs)
+
+	cleanHelmParameters(argsToBeCleaned)
+	assert.Equal(t, cleanArgs, argsToBeCleaned)
+
+	dirtyArgs := []string{`--these-args`, `are-not, clean`, `--foo`, `b\,a,r`}
+	argsToBeCleaned = make([]string, len(dirtyArgs))
+	copy(argsToBeCleaned, dirtyArgs)
+
+	cleanHelmParameters(argsToBeCleaned)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, cleanArgs, argsToBeCleaned)
+	assert.Contains(t, argsToBeCleaned, `are-not\, clean`)
+	assert.Contains(t, argsToBeCleaned, `b\,a\,r`)
+
+}